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THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 

352.0TT5 
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THE 


CENTRALIA  CITY  CODE. 


Comprising - : — 

ORIGINAL  CHARTER  AND  AMENDMENTS, 
THE  LAWS  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 
RELATING  TO  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF 

THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA, 

GENERAL  ORDINANCES, 

SPECIAL  ORDINANCES  AND 

ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  RAILROAD  CONTRACT. 


Revised  and  Codified  by - 

Frank  F.  Noleman  and  William  F.  Bundy, 

Attorneys  at  Law. 


PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 


CENTRALIA,  ILLINOIS. 

PRINTED  BY  THE  CENTRALIA  DAILY 
SENTINEL — T.  L.  JOY  &  CO. 


1896 


CONTENTS. 


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Municipal  Government . 

City  Charter . . . 

Proclamation  for  Organization . 

Amendments  to  Charter . : . . 

Statutes  Relating  to  City . . 

Organization  of  City . . . . 

Chapter  I- — Amusements . . . . 

“  II — Animals . 

“  III — Auctions  and  Auctioneers . 

“  IV — Billiard  Tables,  Shooting  Galleries,  etc 

“  V— Bill  Posting . 

“  VI — Boundaries  . 

“  VII— Bridges .  . 

“  VIII— Buildings . 

“  IX — Cemetery . . . 

‘  ‘  X— Dogs . 

“  XI — Dram  Shops . 

“  XII — Drays,  Wagons,  etc . . 

“  XIII — Elections . . ’ . 

“  XIV — Explosives  and  Inflamables . 

“  XV — Fees  and  vSalaries . ! 

“  XVI— Fences . 

“  XVII — Fines  and  Forfeitures . . . 

“  XVIII — Fire  Department . . . . 

“  XIX— Fiscal  Year . 


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Chapter  XX — Gaming . 139 

“  XXI — Hawkers  and  Peddlers . 140 

“  XXII— Health . 142 

“  XXIII — Insurance . 146 

XXIV — Library . 147 

“  XXV — License . 149 

‘  ‘  XX  VI— Nuisances . 1 52 

XXVII — Numbering  Houses . 157 

“  XXVIII — Offenses  affecting  Public  Morals . 159 

“  XXIX — Offenses  affecting  Public  Peace . 161 

“  XXX — Offenses  affecting  Public  Safety . 164 

“  XXXI— Officers . 167 

“  XXXII — Ordinances . *186 

“  XXXIII— Parks . 188 

“  XXXIV— Plats . 190 

‘  ‘  XXXV— Plumbers . , . 1 9 1 

XXXVI — Police  and  Police  Department . 195 

“  XXXVII — Porters  and  Runners . 198 

“  XXXVIII— Prisons . 200 

XXXIX — Protection  to  Property . 202 

“  XL — Railroads . 203 

“  XLI — Scavengers . 207 

“  XLII— Seal . 209 

XLIII — Sewers  and  Drains . 209 

“  XLI  V— Sidewalks . 21 1 

“  XLV — Slaughter  Houses . 223 

XLVI — Streets  and  Alleys . 225 

“  XLVII— Street  Railway . 232 

“  XLVII  I— Water  Works . 233 

XLIX — Special  Ordinances  and  Franchises . 245 

Illinois  Central  Rail  Road  Contract . 299 


City  Government 


OF  CENTRALIA 


From  Incorporation  in  1859  to  1896  Inclusive. 


1859.  Mayor — Mathew  C.  Kell.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  J. 
Dimick,  J.  G.  Cormick;  2d  Ward,  Samuel  Storer,  D.  H.  Mc¬ 
Cord;  3d  Ward,  James  Cunningham,  G.  V.  Johnson.  City 
Marshal- — A.  H.  Seley,*  H.  Butler. f  Street  Commissioner — 
E.  Probst.  City  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Treasurer — James 
Wilson.  Assessor — A.  H.  Crosby.  Police  Magistrate — Ed¬ 
win  S.  Condit.  Clerk — Lewis  Bunce.  Attorney — Geo.  C. 
McKee.  Collector — A.  H.  Seley,*  L.  Bunce. J 

1860.  Mayor — Mathew  C.  Kell.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  J. 

Dimick,  J.  G.  Cormick;  2d  Ward,  Samuel  Storer,  J.  L.  Hal- 
lam;  3d  Ward,  James  Cunningham,  A.  P.  Crosby,*  W.  M. 
Parkinson.  City  Marshal — H.  Butler.  Street  Commissioner 
— W.  J.  McCurtie.  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and 

Treasurer — W.  C.  Stites.  Police  Magistrate — E.  S.  Condit. 
Clerk — T.  J.  Johnson.  Attorney — Geo.  C.  McKee.  Collect¬ 
or — E.  S.  Condit. 

1861.  Mayor — Mathew  C.  Kell.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  G. 

Cormick,  J.  Gaylord;  2d  Ward,  J.  L.  Hallam,  A.  P.  Crosby; 
3d  Ward,  E.  B.  Marshall,  T.  L.  Parkinson.  City  Marshal — 
H.  Butler.  Street  Commissioner — W.  J.  McCurtie.  Surveyor 
— S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer — W.  C.  Stites.  Police 
Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  Stuart  Kingsbury.  Clerk — Jas. 
Parkinson.  Attorney — H.  D.  Adams.  Collector — E.  S. 

Condit,*  C.  Merritt. f 


*  Resigned,  f  Elected.  J  Appointed.  \  Died. 


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MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 


1862.  May 07' — Samuel  Storer.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  G. 

Cormick,  J.  I.  Logan;  2d  Ward,  John  Betz,  S.  M.  Warner; 
3d  Ward,  E.  B.  Marshall,  T.  L-  Parkinson.  City  Marshal — 
W.  J.  A.  DeLaneey .  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Street  Co)n- 

missioner — T.  B.  Harris,*  W.  J.  McCurtief.  Assessor  and 
Treasurer — W.  C.  Stites,*  A.  H.  Crosbvf.  Police  Magis¬ 
trates — Edwin  S.  Condit,  Stuart  Kingsbury.  Clerk — James 
Parkinson.  Attorney — H.  D.  Adams.  Collector — E.  S. 

Condit*,  Caleb  Merritt. 

1863.  — Mayor — Samuel  Storer.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  G. 

Cormick,  D.  J.  Besant;  2d  Ward,  S.  M.  Warner,  John  Betz,* 
Wm.  Stokerf;  3d  Ward,  T.  L.  Parkinson,  G.  V.  Johnson. 
City  Marshal — J .  Q.  Barnes.  Street  Commissioner — W.  J. 
McCurtie.  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer 
— A.  H.  Crosby.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  Stuart 
Kingsbury,  C.  W.  Phillips.  Clerk — James  Parkinson.  At¬ 
torney — H.  D.  Adams.  Collector — Caleb  Merritt. 

1864  Mayor — J.  G.  Cormick.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  D.  J. 

Besant,  S.  P.  Tufts;  2d  Ward,  S.  M.  Warner,  Wm.  Stoker; 
3d  Ward,  T.  L.  Parkinson,  G.  V.  Johnson.  City  Marshal — 
J.  Q.  Adams.  Street  Commissioner — G.  W.  Bell.  Surveyor 
— S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer — A.  H.  Crosby.  Po¬ 
lice  Magistrate — E.  S.  Condit.  Clerk — Heman  C.  Hand. 
Attorney — H.  D.  Adams§,  George  A.  Sanders. f  Collector — 
William  Cunningham. 

1865.  Mayor — J.  G.  Cormick.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  D.  J. 

Besant,  S.  P.  Tufts;  2d  Ward,  Wm.  Stoker,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d 
Ward,  T.  L.  Parkinson,  E.  S.  Morrison.  City  Marshal — 
John  Stoker.  Street  Commissioner — G.  W.  Bell.  Surveyor — 
S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer — A.  H.  Crosby.  Police 
Magistrates — Edwin  S.  Condit,  I.  W.  Timmons.  Attorney 
— George  A.  Sanders.  Clerk — Jaijies  Parkinson.  Collector 

— William  Cunningham. 

1866.  Mayor — B.  C.  Howard.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  C. 

Bohn,  D.  H.  McCord;  2d  Ward,  M.  C.  Kell,  E.  L.  Pettingill; 


MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 


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3d  Ward,  E.  S.  Morrison,  Samuel  Benson.  City  Marshal — 
Janies  Cunningham.  Street  Commissioner — G.  W.  Bell. 
Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer — Samuel 
Storer.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  I.  W.  Timmons. 
Clerk — S.  P.  Tufts.  Attorney — E.  N.  Bates.  Collector — 
James  Cunningham. 

1867.  Mayor — Samuel  Storer.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  C. 
Bohn,  C.  O.  Pease;  2d  Ward,  M.  C.  Kell,  C.  G.  Noble;  ^d 
Ward,  E.  S.  Morrison,  T.  E.  Parkinson,*  R.  D.  Noleman. t 
City  Marshal — Wm.  B.  Matthews.  Street  Commissioner — 
W.  D.  Hutchins.  Surveyor — A.  Mitchell.  Assessor  and 
Treasurer — A.  E.  Wellman.  Police  Magistrates — Edwin  S. 
Condit,  J.  C.  Gunn.  Clerk — J.  C.  Cooper.  Attorney — S. 
E.  Hand.  Collector — John  Zick. 

1868.  Mayor — Samuel  Storer.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  C.  O. 
Pease,  J.  VanCleve;  2d  Ward,  C.  G.  Noble*  M.  C.  Kell;  3d 
Ward,  R.  D.  Noleman,  E.  S.  Morrison.  City  Marshal — J. 
Q.  Barnes.  Street  Commissioner — N.  E.  Schultz.  Surveyor 
— A.  Mitchell.  Assessor  a?id  Treasurer — A.  E.  Wellman. 
Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  C.  Gunn.  Clerk — J.  C, 
Cooper.  Attorney — M.  E.  McCord*,  S,  E.  Hand.f  Collector 
— B.  Zick. 

1869.  Mayor — John  E.  Hopkins.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J. 

VanCleve,  Stephen  White*,  C.  O.  Peasef;  2d  Ward,  M.  C. 
Kell,  A.  T.  Barnes;  3d  Ward,  R.  D,  Noleman,  A.  H.  Seley. 

.  City  Marshal — J.  H.  Topping.  Street  Commissioner — Warren 
Ball.  Surveyor — W.  R.  Eawrence.  Assessor  and  Treasurer 
— B.  Zick.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  Henry  Kurth. 
Clerk — E.  H.  Parker.  Attorney — S.  E.  Hand.  Collector — 

Anthony  W.  Young. 

1870.  — Mayor — M.  C.  Kell.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  C.  O.  Pease*, 
E.  W.  Welden,  J.  T.  Jacksonf ;  2d  Ward,  A.  T.  Barnes,  E.  • 
B.  Marshall;  3d  Ward,  R.  D.  Noleman,  A.  H.  Seley.  City 
Marshal — J.  H.  Topping.  Street  Commissioner — T.  E.  Par¬ 
kinson.  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Assessor  and  Treasurer — 


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MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 


B.  Zick,*  A.  W.  VanAntwerp.  Police  Magistrates — E.  vS. 
Condit,  Henry  Kurth.  Clerk — John  H.  Oxley.  Attorney — 
vS.  R.  Hand.  Collector — Janies  Parkinson. 

1871.  Mayor — A.  T.  Barnes.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  E.  W. 

Welden,  George  W.  Sisson;  2d  Ward,  E.  B.  Marshall,* 
Conrad  Bills,  W.  D.  Hutchinsf;  3d  Ward,  R.  I).  Noleman, 
A.  H.  Seley.  City  Marshal — J.  W.  Campbell.  Street  Com¬ 
missioner — Warren  Ball.  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  Assessor 

%  and  Treasurer — Peter  Klepper.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S. 
Condit,  Henry  Kurth.  Clerk — S.  A.  Frazier.  Attorney — 
S.  E.  Hand.  Collector — James  Parkinson. 

1872.  Mayor — E.  H.  Parker.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  George 
W.  Sisson,  Janies  Morrison;  2d  Ward,  Conrad  Bills,  John 
Merkelback;  3d  Ward,  Samuel  R.  Wild,  William  M.  Ree. 
City  Marshal — J.  W.  Campbell.  Street  Commissioner — 
Nicholas  Born,*  R.  S.  Taylor. f  Surveyor — S.  Frazier.  As- 
sessor  and  Treasurer — Thomas  R.  Ord.  Police  Magistrates 
— E.  S.  Condit,  Henry  Kurth.  Clerk — S.  P.  Tufts.  Attor¬ 
ney — G.  F.  O’Melveny.  Collector — J.  V.  Swarthout.  Sexton 
— S.  H.  Ball.  Board  of  Education — President,  J.  Cell;  Secre¬ 
tary,  R.  G.  Wilcox;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  H.  D.  Buck, 
Janies  E.  Marshall,  Seymour  Andrews. 

1873.  Mayor — Samuel  Storer.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  Morri¬ 
son,  H.  Hall;  2d  Ward,  W.  D.  Hutchins,  J.  Mereklback; 
3d  Ward,  S.  R.  Wild,  Wm.  Ree,  Clerk — H.  G.  Hand. 
Attorney — S.  A.  Frazier.  Collector — J.  V.  Swarthout.  City 
Marshal — R.  Jolliff.  Sexton — S.  H.  Ball.  Street  Commis¬ 
sioner — R.  Thomas.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  S. 
R.  Hand.  Board  of  Education — President,  T.  R.  May; 
Secretary,  R.  G.  Wilson;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  H.  D. 
Buck,  J.  Cell,  F.  Kohl. 

1874.  Mayor — M.  C.  Kell.  Aldermen—  1st  Ward,  H.  Hall,  W. 

H.  Cullimore;  2d  Ward,  W.  D.  Hutchins,  J.  Merkelback;  3d 
Ward,S.  R.  Wild,  R.  Barron.  Clerk — H.  G.  Hand.  Attorney 
— S.  A.  Frazier.  Collector — J.  V.  Swarthout.  Sexton — S.  H. 
Ball.  Street  Commissioner — R.  Thomas.  City  Marshal — R. 


MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 


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Jolliff.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  S.  L-  Hand. 
Board  of  Education — President,  T.  R.  May;  Secretary,  S. 
Frazier;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  F.  Kolil,  Amos  Clark, 
Janies  Wilson. 

1875.  Mayor — S.  Andrews.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  A.  McLean, 
W.  H.  Cullimore;  2nd  Ward,  C.  B.  Gifford,  J.  Merkleback; 
3d  Ward,  R.  Barron,  S.  R.  Wild.  City  Marshal — R.  Jolliff. 
Clerk — H.  G.  Hand.  Collector — J.  V.  Swarthout.  Attorney 
— S.A.  Frazier.  Sexton — S.  H.  Ball.  Street  Commissioner 
— C.  C.  Estes.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  S.  L- 
Hand.  Board  of  Education — President,  Amos  Clark;  Secre¬ 
tary,  S.  Frazier;  Treasurer,  J.  Hefter;  D.  H.  McCord,  S.  L. 
Dwight,  Janies  Parkinson. 

1876.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  A.  McLean, 
J.  K.  Lape;  2d  Ward,  E.  S.  Condit,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d  Ward, 
T.  L.  Parkinson,  S.  R.  Wild.  Clerk— S.  P.  Tufts.  City 
Marshal — W.  N.  Jennings.  Collector — J.  Touve.  Attorney 
— W.  E.  C.  Lyons.  Sexton — S.  H.  Ball.  Street  'Commis¬ 
sioner — A.  M.  Seley.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  S. 
L.  Hand.  Board  of  Education — President,  D.  H.  McCord; 
Secretary,  James  Parkinson;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  S. 
L.  Dwight,  M.  Van  Patten,  Jacob  Grosch. 

1877.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  A.  M. 

McLean,  S.  A.  Frazier;  2nd  Ward,  E.  S.  Condit,  M.  C.  Kell; 
3d  Ward,  M  VanPatten,  T.  L.  Parkinson.  City  Marshall — 
W.  N.  Jennings.  Clerk — E.  L.  Stoker.  Collector — J.  Touve. 
Attorney — W.  E.  C.  Lyons.  Sexton — S.  H.  Ball.  Street 

Commissioner — A.  M.  Seley.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S. 
Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — President, 
S.  M.  Warner;  Secretary,  James  Parkinson;  Treasurer,  Jos¬ 
eph  Hefter:  W.  R.  Young,  M.  VanPatten,  Jacob  Grosch. 

1878.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  D.  Wilson, 

E.  W.  Wei  den;  2d  Ward,  E.  S.  Condit,  R.  E.  Tate;  3d 
Ward,  R.  Barron,  T.  L-  Parkinson.  Clerk — E.  L-  Stoker. 

Attorney — W.  E-  C.  Lyons.  City  Marshal — W.  N.  Jennings. 


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MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 


Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Sexton 
— S.  H.  Ball.  Street  Commissioner—  A.  M.  Seley.  Board  of 
Education — President,  James  Parkinson;  Secretary,  W.  R. 
Young;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  A.  M.  Warner,  W.  I. 
Woodward,  T.  R.  May. 

1879.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  B.  Hauss- 
ler,  E.  W.  Welden;  2d  Ward,  R.  E.  Tate,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d 
Ward,  T.  E.  Parkinson,  O.  Junkerman.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Con¬ 
dit;  Attorney — S.  A.  Frazier.  City  Marshal — W.  N.  Jen¬ 
nings.  Police  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson. 
Collector — S.  A.  Frazier.  Sexton — J.  A.  Estes.  Street  Com¬ 
missioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Board  of  Education — President,  J. 
Parkinson;  Secretary,  F.  R.  Saxe;  Treasurer,  J.  Hefter;  T. 
R.  May,  W.  I.  Woodward,  John  W.  Turlay. 

1880.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  B.  Hauss- 
ler,  Samuel  Row;  2d  Ward,  J.  Besant,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d 
Ward,  Win.  Lee,  O.  Junkerman.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condi L 
Attorney — E.  L.  Stoker.  City  Marshal — Geo.  Bell.  Police 
Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Sexton — J. 
A.  Estes.  Street  Co nt'nts sloner — C.  C.  Estss.  Board  of 
Education — President,  T.  R.  May;  Secretary,  F.  R.  Saxe; 
Treasurer — J.  Hefter;  John  W.  Turlay,  Janies  Parkinson,  S. 
A.  Frazier. 

1881.  Mayor — James  Benson.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  B.  Hauss- 

ler,  S.  Row;  2d  Ward,  J.  Besant,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d  Ward,  Win. 
Lee,  J.  T.  Cunningham.  City  Marshal — J.  F.  Mitchell. 
Attomiey — E.  L-  Stoker.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condit.  Street 

Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — J.  Taylor.  Police 

Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Ed¬ 
ucation — President,  S.  A.  Frazer;  Secretary,  John  W. 
Turlay;  Treasurer,  Truman  Andrews;  T.  R.  May,  James 
Parkinson,  Seymour  Andrews. 

1882.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  S.  A. 

Frazier,  B.  Haussler;  2d  Ward,  J.  Besant,  M.  C.  Kell;  3d 
Ward,  J.  Swatman,  J.  T.  Cunningham.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Con- 


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dit.  Attorney — E.  L.  Stoker.  Sexton — J.  Taylor.  City 
Marshal — J.  F.  Mitchell.  Street  Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes. 
Poliec  Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board 
of  Education — President,  John  W.  Turlay;  Secretary,  Joel 
Grubb;  Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  Seymour  Andrews,  T. 
P.  Davis,  Jacob  Grosch. 

1883.  Mayor — E.  W.  Weldon.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  S.  A. 

Frazier,  M.  B.  Sadler;  2d  Ward,  M.  C.  Kell,  J.  Besantjr. ;  3d 
Ward,  J.  Swatman,  J.  Benson.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condit.  At¬ 

torney — E.  L-  Stoker.  Sexton — J.  Taylor.  City  Marshal — 
J.  F.  Mitchell.  Street  Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Police 
Magistrates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Ed¬ 
ucation — President,  Joel  Grubb;  Secretary,  S.  E.  Dwight; 
Treasurer,  Joseph  Hefter;  Jacob  Grosch,  James  V.  Allen, 
Thomas  P.  Davis. 

1884.  Mayor — E.  W.  Weldon.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  M.  B. 

Sadler,  David  Wilson;  2d  Ward,  M.  C.  Kell,  J.  Besantjr.; 
3d  Ward,  J.  Benson,  David  Eewis.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condit. 

Attorney — E.  E-  Stoker.  Treasurer — J.  Randall.  Street 

Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  City  Marshal — J.  Benardini.  Sex¬ 
ton — J.  H.  Taylor.  Police  Magistrates — S.  S.  Condit,  J.  W. 
Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — President,  Jacob  Grosch; 
Secretary,  J.  V.  Allen;  Treasurer,  J.  Hefter;  S.  E-  Dwight, 
S.  A.  Frazier,  W.  P.  White. 

1885.  Mayor — M.B.  Sadler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  David  Wil¬ 

son,  E.  W.  Welden*,  C.  B.  UllyetteJ  2d  Ward,  J.  Besantjr., 
E.  S.  Condit;  3d  Ward,  David  Eewis,  Wm.  Eee,  Sr.  Clerk 
— Z.  T.  Condit.  Attorney — S.  A.  Frazier.  Treasurer — J. 

Randall.  Street  Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — T. 
S.  Stewart.  City  Marshal — J.  R.  Duncan.  Police  Magis¬ 
trates — E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Educa¬ 
tion — President,  S.  A.  Frazier;  Secretary,  Jacob  Grosch; 
Treasurer,  E.  S.  Condit,  Jr.;  W.  P.  White,  S.  M.  Warner, 
John  H.  Oxley. 

1886.  Mayor — B.  Haussler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  C.  B.  Ull- 
yette,  Wesley  Clark$,  R.  D.  Beaverf ;  2d  Ward,  E.  S.  Condit, 


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Wm.  Casson*;  3d  Ward,  Win.  Lee,  A.  M.  Seley.  Clerk — 
Z.  T.  Condit.  Attorney — S.  A.  Frazier.  Sexton — J.  S. 
Stewart.  City  Marshal — J.  R.  Duncan.  Treasurer — J.  Ran¬ 
dall.  Street  Commissioner — C.  C.  Kstes.  Police  Magistrates 
— E.  S.  Condit,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — 
President,  S.  A.  Frazier;  Secretary,  John  H.  Oxley;  Treas¬ 
urer,  E.  S.  Condit,  Jr.;  J.  R.  Caskey,  S.  M.  Warner,  W.  W. 
Scott. 

1887.  Mayor — B.  Haussler.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  R.  D.  Beav¬ 

er,  M.  B.  Sadler;  2d  Ward,  W.  P.  White,  E.  S.  Condit;  3d 
Ward,  A.  M.  Seley,  J.  H.  Johnson.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condit. 

Attorney — S.  A.  Frazier.  Treasurer — J.  Randall.  Street 

Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — T.  S.  Stewart.  City 

Marshal — J.  H.  Sturdevant.  Police  Magistrates — E.  Probst, 
J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — President,  S.  A. 
Frazier;  Secretary,  J.  R.  Caskey;  Treasurer,  A.  H.  Steven¬ 
son;  J.  K.  Rahm,  E.  L.  Welton,  W.  W.  Scott. 

1888.  Mayor — F.  D.  Rexfordt  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  M.  B. 

Sadler,  J.  A.  Biby;  2d  Ward,  E.  S.  Condit,  F.  Buehler;  3d 
Ward,  J.  H.  Johnson,  George  Wright.  Clerk — Z.  T.  Condit. 
Attorney — W.  F.  Bundy.  Treasurer — J.  Randal.  Street 

Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — T.  S.  Stewart.  City 
Marshal — J.  H.  Sturdevant.  Police  Magistrates — E.  Probst, 
J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — President,  S.  A. 

Frazier;  Secretary,  J.  K.  Rahm;  Treasurer,  A.  H.  Steven¬ 
son;  George  Bruenning,  W.  W.  Scott,  E.  L.  Welton. 

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1889.  Mayor — M.  B.  Sadler,*  J.  A.  Biby,^  J.  Benson. f  Al¬ 

dermen — 1st  Ward,  J.  A.  Biby,  G.  M.  Crist;  2d  Ward,  F. 
Buehler,  R.  E.  Tate;  3d  Ward,  George  Wright,  C.  E.  Town¬ 
send.  Clerk — F.  F.  Noleman.  Attorney — G.  P.  Duncan. 

Treasurer — J.  Randall,^  B.  Haussler.  Street  Commissioner — 
C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — T.  J.  Crittenden.  City  Marshal — J. 
H.  Sturdevant.  Police  Magistrates — E.  Probst,  J.  W.  Dick¬ 
erson.  Board  of  Education — President,  S.  A.  Frazier;  Sec¬ 
retary,  Geo.  Bruenning;  Treasurer,  E.  W.  Weldon;  W.  D. 
Richardson,  W.  W.  Scott,  E.  L.  Welton. 


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1890.  Mayor — H.  E-  Rhodes.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  G.  M. 

Crist,  O.  V.  Parkinson;  2d  Ward,  R.  E.  Tate,  G.  E.  Eis;  3d 
Ward,  C.  E.  Townsend,  R.  Barron.  Clerk — W.  F.  Bundy. 
Attorney — F.  F.  Noleman.  Treasurer — B.  Haussler.  Street 

Commissioner — C.  C.  Estes.  Sexton — T.  E.  Parkinson. 

City  Marshal — W.  H.  Misenhimer.  Police  Magistrates — 
E.  Probst,  J.  W.  Dickerson.  Board  of  Education — Presi¬ 
dent,  George  Bruenning;  Secretary,  S.  G.  Burdick;  Treasur¬ 
er,  E.  S.  Condit,  Jr.;  W.  S.  Taylor,  W.  D.  Richardson,  W. 
W.  Scott,  J.  C.  Severns. 

1891.  Mayor — Henry  E.  Rhodes.  ,  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  O.  V. 

Parkinson,  W.  D.  Richardson;  2d  Ward,  G.  E.  Eis,  Geo 
Pfeiffer;  3d  Ward,  Robt.  Barron,  Robt.  Rohl.  Clerk — F.  F. 
Noleman.  Attorney — W.  F.  Bundy.  Treasurer — B.  Hauss¬ 
ler.  Street  Commissioner — S.  C.  Kelly.  Sexton — T.  S. 

Stewart.  City  Marshal — W.  H.  Misenhimer.  Police  Mag¬ 
istrate — S.  Andrews.  Surveyor — S.  G.  Burdick.  Board  of 
Education — President,  J.  C.  Severns;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Tay¬ 
lor;  Treasurer,  E.  S.  Condit,  Jr.;  Geo.  Bruenning,  James  B. 
Sanders,  H.  M.  Condit. 

1892.  Mayor — J.  N.  Kerr.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  W.  D.  Rich¬ 
ardson,  S.  A.  Frazier;  2d  Ward,  Geo.  Pfeiffer,  J.  E.  Davis; 
3d  Ward,  Robt.  Rohl,  W.  W.  Scott.  Clerk — W.  F.  Bundy. 
Attorney — F.  F.  Noleman.  Treasurer — B.  Haussler.  Street 
Commissioner- — S.  C.  Kelly*,  R.  Barronf.  Sexton — T.  S. 
Stewart.  City  Marshal — W.  H.  Misenhimer.  Police  Mag¬ 
istrate — S.  Andrews.  Surveyor — S.  G.  Burdick.  Board  of 
Education — President,  W.  S.  Taylor;  Secretary,  Helen  S. 
Dunn;  Treasurer,  E.  S.  Condit,  Jr. ;  J.  B.  Sanders.  John 
Robertson,  H.  M.  Condit. 

1893.  Mayor — James  Benson  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  H.  Bibb, 
VS.  N.  Pierce;  2d  Ward,  E.  D.  EeStourgeon,  W.  D.  Richard¬ 
son;  3d  Ward,  S.  A.  Frazier,  A.  W.  Schroeder;  4th  Ward, 
Robt.  Rohl,  A.  M.  Seley;  5th  Ward,  George  Pfeiffer,  Jacob 
Grosch.  Clerk — H.  VanCleve.  Attorney — F.  F.  Noleman. 
Treasurer — B.  Haussler.  Street  Commissioner — R.  Barron*, 
A.  V.  Nelsonf .  Sexton — T.  S.  Stewart.  City  Marshal — W. 


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H.  Misenhimer.  Surveyor — A.  Harding.  Police  Magis¬ 
trate — S.  Andrews.  Board  of  Education — President,  W.  S. 
Taylor;  Secretary,  H.  M.  Condit;  Treasurer,  E.  S.  Condit, 
Jr.;  John  Robertson, W.  P.  White,  J.  Iy.  Davis,  W.  F.  Hahn. 

1894.  Mayor — Janies  Benson.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  S.  N. 

Pierce,  Henry  Bibb;  2d  Ward,  W.  D.  Richardson,  E.  D.  Ee- 
Stourgeon;  3d  Ward,  A.  W.  Schroeder,  S.  A.  Frazier;  4th 
Ward,  A.  M.  Seley,  J.  Robertson.  5th  Ward,  Jacob  Grosch, 
G.  Pfeiffer.  Clerk — H.  VanCleve.  Attorney — F.  F.  Nole- 
man.  Treasurer — B.  Haussler.  Street  Commissioner — E. 

W.  Eapham.  Sexton — T.  S.  Stewart.  Collector — Will 

Schroeder.  City  Marshal — James  A.  Jackson.  Police  Mag¬ 
istrate — S.  Andrews.  Board  of  Education — President,  J.  G. 
Mnnselle;  Secretary,  W.  F.  Hahn;  Treasurer,  E.  S.  Condit, 
Jr.;  H.  M.  Condit,  W.  P.  White,  J.  E-  Davis,  E.  E.  Stev¬ 
enson,  W.  W.  Scott. 

1895.  Mayor — J.  N.  Kerr.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  H.  Bibb, 

E.  E.  Thomas;  2d  Ward,  E.  D.  EeStonrgeon,  A.  C.  Thomas; 
3d  Ward,  S.  A.  Frazier,  N.  M.  Rexford;  4th  Ward,  J.  Rob¬ 
ertson,  J.  H.  Oxley;  5th  Ward,  G.  Pfeiffer,  J.  Winkler. 
Clerk — J.  J.  Bundy.  Attorney — F.  F.  Noleman.  Treasu¬ 
rer — W.  A.  Stoker.  Street  Commissioner — Samuel  Row. 
Sexton — T.  S.  Stewart.  City  Marshal — James  A.  Jackson. 
Police  Magistrate — S.  Andrews.  Board  of  Education — 
President,  A.  H.  Rainey;  Secretary,  W.  F.  Hahn; Treasurer, 
Zettie  Parkinson;  W.  P.  White,  J.  E.  Davis,  W.  W.  Scott; 
Helen  S.  Dunn,  R.  A.  Oldham. 

1896.  Mayor — J.  N.  Kerr.  Aldermen — 1st  Ward,  E.  E.  Thomas, 
J.  W.  Tate;  2d  Ward,  A.  C.  Thomas,  Jacob  Peifer;  3d  Ward, 
N.  M.  Rexford,  J.  E.  Hefter,  Jr.;  4th  Ward,  J.  H.  Oxley, 
W.  F.  Hahn;  5th  Ward,  J.  Winkler,  Geo.  Pfeiffer.  Clerk— 
J.  J.  Bundy.  Attorney — F.  F.  Noleman.  Treasurer — W. 

A.  Stoker.  Street  Commissioner — Samuel  Row.  Sexton — 
T.  S.  Stewart.  City  Marshal — James  A.  Jackson.  Police 
Magistrate — S.  Andrews.  Board  of  Education — President, 
A.  H.  Rainey;  Secretary,  Helen  S.  Dunn;  Treasurer,  Zettie 
Parkinson;  J.  E.  Davis,  W.  W.  Scott.  R.  A.  Oldham,  Sey¬ 
mour  Andrews,  Chauncey  House. 


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CHARTER 

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CITY  OF  CENTRALI A. 

AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA. 


ARTICLE  I. 

OF  BOUNDARIES. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly : 

That  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Centralia,  in  Marion 
County,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  constituted  a  body  politic  and 
corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  the  City  of  Centraeia, 
and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  may  sue  and 
be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded,  in  all  courts  of  law' and  equity, 
and  may  have  and  use  a  common  Seal,  and  alter  the  same  at 
pleasure. 

Sec.  2.  All  that  territory  embraced  within  the  following 
limits,  to -wit:  The  south  half  of  section  seven,  the  southwest 
quarter  of  section  eight,  the  west  half  of  section  seventeen,  all 
of  section  eighteen,  the  north  half  of  section  nineteen,  and  the 
northwest  quarter  of  section  twenty,  in  town  one,  north  of  range 
one,  east  of  the  third  principal  meridian,  shall  be,  and  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  any  tract  of  land  adjoining  the  City  of 
Centralia  shall  be  laid  off  into  town  lots,  and  duly  recorded  as 
required  by  law,  the  same  shall  be  annexed  to,  and  form  a  part 
of  the  City  of  Centralia;  and  all  parcels  of  land  within  the  boun¬ 
daries  of  the  city  that  are  in  extent  five  acres  and  over  shall  be 
exempt  from  taxation  for  city  revenue  until  the  same  shall  be 
subdivided  into  lots  of  less  than  five  acres;  and  each  lot,  when  so 
divided,  shall  be  taxed  as  other  city  lots. 


Sec.  4.  The  inhabitants  of  said  city,  by  the  name  and  style 
aforesaid,  shall  have  power  to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  plead  and  be 
impleaded,  to  defend  and  be  defended,  in  all  courts  of  law  and 
equity,  and  in  all  actions  to  purchase,  receive  and  hold  property, 
both  real  and  personal,  in  said  city;  to  purchase,  receive  and  hold 
property,  both  real  and  personal,  beyond  the  city,  for  burial 
grounds  and  for  other  purposes,  for  the  use  of  said  inhabitants  of 
said  city;  to  sell,  lease  and  convey  or  dispose  of  property,  and  do 
all  other  things  in  relation  thereto  as  natural  persons. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 

Section,  i.  There  shall  be  a  City  Council,  to  consist  of  a 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  consist  of  two  mem¬ 
bers  from  each  ward,  to  be  chosen  by  the  qualified  voters,  for  two 
years,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be  legally  qualified. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  be  an  Alderman,  unless  at  the  time 
of  his  election  he  shall  be  a  freeholder  in  said  city,  and  shall  have 
resided  within  the  limits  of  the  city  one  year  immediately  preced¬ 
ing  his  election,  and  shall  have  the  necessary  qualifications  to  vote 
for  State  offices,  be  a  resident  of  the  ward  for  which  he  is  elected, 
and  a  citizen  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  4.  If  any  Alderman  shall,  after  his  election,  remove 
from  the  ward  for  which  he  was  elected,  or  ceases  to  be  a  free¬ 
holder  in  said  city,  his  office  shall  be  declared  vacated.  The 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  serve  without  compensation  from  the 
city  funds,  until  there  shall  be  five  thousand  inhabitants  in  said 
city;  and  when  the  population  shall  exceed  five  thousand,  the 
Mayor  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  City  Council  shall 
determine — not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  5.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  the  Aider- 
men  shall  be  divided  by  lot  into  two  classes;  the  seats  of  the  first 
class  shall  be  vacated  at  the  expiration  of  the  first  year,  and  of 
the  second  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  second  year,  so  that  one- 
lialf  the  Board  shall  be  elected  annually. 


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Sec.  6.  The  City  Council  shall  judge  of  the  qualifications, 
elections  and  returns  of  their  own  members,  and  shall  determine 
all  contested  elections  under  this  act. 

Sec.  7.  A  majority  of  the  City  Council  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  to  do  business,  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from 
day  to  day,  and  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members  under 
such  penalties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  8.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  determine 
the  rules  of  its  own  proceedings,  punish  its  members  for  disor¬ 
derly  conduct,  and  with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  mem¬ 
bers  elected,  expel  a  member. 

SEC.  9.  The  City  Council  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  pro¬ 
ceedings,  and  from  time  to  time  publish  the  same;  and  the  yeas 
and  nays,  when  demanded  by  any  member  present,  shall  be 
entered  upon  the  journal. 

Sec.  10.  No  Alderman  shall  be  appointed  to  any  office 
under  the  authority  of  the  city,  that  shall  have  been  created,  or 
the  emoluments  of  which*  have  been  increased  during  the  time  for 
which  he  shall  have  been  elected — nor  shall  he  be  engaged  in  any 
contract  with  said  corporation  while  serving  as  Alderman. 

Sec.  1 1 .  All  vacancies  that  shall  occur  in  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  shall  be  filled  by  election. 

Sec.  12.  The  Mayor  and  each  Alderman,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  their  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath, 
or  make  affirmation,  that  they  will  support  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  and  that  ;they  will  well  and 
truly  perform  the  duties  of  their  office  according  to  the  best  of 
their  skill  and  ability. 

Sec.  13.  Whenever  there  shall  be  a  tie  in  an  election  of 
Aldermen,  the  judges  of  election  shall  certify  the  fact  to  the 
Mayor,  who  shall  determine  the  same  by  lot  in  such  manner  as 
shall  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  14.  There  shall  be  twelve  stated  meetings  of  the  City 
Council  in  each  year,  at  such  times  and  places  as  may  be  pre¬ 
scribed  by  the  City  Council , 


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CITY  CHARTER. 


ARTICLE  III. 

OF  THE  CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER. 

Section  i  ,  The  chief  executive  officer  of  the  city  shall  be 
a  Mayor,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city, 
and  hold  his  office  for  one  year  and  until  his  successor  shall  be 
elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  2.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Mayor 
who  shall  not  be  a  resident  of  the  city  for  one  year  next  preced¬ 
ing  his  election,  or  who  shall  be  under  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
or  shall  not  at  the  time  of  his  election  be  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  and  a  freeholder. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  Mayor,  during  the  time  for  which  he  shall 
have  been  elected,  removes  from  the  city,  or  shall  be  absent  from 
the  city  for  the  space  of  six  months,  his  office  shall  be  vacated. 

Sec.  4.  When  two  or  more  persons  shall  'have  an  equal 
number  of  votes  for  Mayor,  the  judges  of  election  shall  certify 
the  same  to  the  City  Council,  who  shall  proceed  to  determine  the 
same  by  lot,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  determined  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  5.  Whenever  an  election  of  Mayor  shall  be  contested, 
the  City  Council  shall  determine  the  same,  as  may  be  prescribed/ 
by  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  Whenever  any  vacancy  shall  happen  in  the  office  of 
Mayor,  it  shall  be  filled  by  election. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OF  ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  On  the  second  Monday  of  March  next,  an 
election  shall  be  held  in  each  ward  in  said  city,  for  one  Mayor, 
one  Marshal,  one  Street  Commissioner,  one  City  Surveyor,  one 
Treasurer,  one  Assessor,  one  Police  Magistrate,  for  the  city,  two 
Aldermen  for  each  ward;  and  forever  thereafter,  on  the  second 
Monday  of  March  in  each  year,  there  shall  be  an  election  for  one 
Mayor,  one  Marshal,  one  Street  Commissioner,  one  City  Surveyor, 
one  Treasurer  and  Assessor,  for  the  city,  and  for  one  Alderman 
for  each  ward. 


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Sec.  2.  A.  H.  Seley,  J.  G.  Cormiek,  Wm.  O’Melveny,  M. 
C.  Kell  and  Hugh  Parkinson  shall  constitute  a  Board  of  Trustees 
for  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  and,  immediately  after  the  adoption 
of  the  Charter  by  the  citizens,  shall  divide  the  city  into  three 
wards,  by  lines  running  east  and  west,  describing  particularly  the 
boundaries  of  each  ward — the  wards  to  be  as  nearly  equal  in  pro¬ 
portion  as  practicable.  The  said  Trustees  shall,  by  ordinance, 
provide  for  the  first  election  of  all  officers  to  be  elected  under  this 
act — shall  canvass  the  votes  and  declare  who  are  duly  elected, 
and  make  return  of  the  election  to  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court 
and  the  Secretary  of  State,  of  the  election  of  Mayor  and  Police 
Magistrate,  in  the  same  manner  that  returns  are  made  of  the 
election  of  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Sec.  3.  All  male  inhabitants,  over  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years,  who  are  entitled  to  vote  for  State  officers,  and  who  shall 
have  been  actual  residents  of  said  city  for  one  year  next  preced- 
ding  the  election,  and  who  shall  have  paid  such  city  tax  as  they 
may  be  subject  to,  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  for  city  officers: 
Provided ,  That  said  voters  shall  give  their  votes  in  the  wards  in 
which  they  shall  respectively  reside. 

ARTICLE  V. 

OF  THE  LEGISLATIVE  POWER  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 

Section  i  .  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  and  author¬ 
ity  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  city  purposes  upon  all  property, 
real  and  personal,  within  the  city,  not  exceeding  one-fourth  of 
one  per  cent  per  annum,  upon  the  assessed  valuation  thereof: 
Provided ,  That  after  three  years  from  the  organization  of  the  city 
a  higher  tax  may  be  raised,  if  two-thirds  of  the  voters  of  the  city 
shall  agree  thereto,  at  a  special  election  for  that  purpose  called 
by  the  Mayor;  and  the  City  Council  may  enforce  the  payment  of 
taxes,  in  any  manner  prescribed  by  ordinance,  not  repugnant  to 
the  Constitution  of  this  State,  or  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a 
Clerk,  City  Attorney,  and  all  such  other  inferior  officers  as  may 
be  necessary. 


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Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  require  ofall 
officers  appointed  in  pursuance  of  this  charter,  bonds  with  penalty 
and  security  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  respective  duties 
as  may  be  deemed  expedient;  and  also  to  require  all  officers 
appointed  as  aforesaid  to  take  an  oath,  or  make  such  affirmation 
as  the  City  Council  may  prescribe,  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  the  same;  to  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  city: 
Provided ,  That  no  sum  or  sums  of  money  shall  be  borrowed  at  a 
greater  interest  than  ten  per  cent,  per  annum;  nor  shall  any  sum 
or  sums  be  borrowed  as  aforesaid,  until  after  the  subject  shall 
have  been  submitted  to  the  legal  voters  in  said  city,  for  which 
purpose  a  special  election  shall  be  called  by  the  Mayor,  after 
giving  ten  days’  notice  thereof;  and  if  two-thirds  of  the  legal 
voters  of  said  city  shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  loan,  the  same  may 
be  negotiated,  and  not  otherwise. 

Sec.  4.  To  appropriate  money  and  provide  for  the  payment 
of  the  debts  and  expenses  of  the  city. 

Sec.  5.  To  make  regulations  to  prevent  the  introduction 
of  contagious  diseases  into  the  city,  to  make  quarantine  laws  for 
that  purpose,  and  enforce  the  same  within  five  miles  of  the  city. 

Sec.  6.  To  establish  hospitals,  and  make  regulations  for  the 
government  of  the  same. 

Sec.  7.  To  make  regulations  to  secure  the  general  health  of 
the  inhabitants,  to  declare  what  shall  be  a  nuisance,  and  to  pre¬ 
vent  and  to  remove  the  same. 

Sec.  8.  To  provide  the  city  with  water,  to  erect  hydrants 
and  pumps,  build  cisterns,  and  dig  wells  in  the  streets  for  the 
supply  of  engines  and  buckets. 

Sec.  9.  To  open,  alter,  abolish,  widen,  extend,  establish, 
grade,  pave,  or  otherwise  improve  and  keep  in  repair  streets, 
avenues,  lanes  and  alleys,  sidewalks,  drains  and  sewers. 

Sec.  10.  To  establish,  erect  and  keep  in  repair  bridges. 

Sec.  1 1.  To  divide  the  city  into  wards,  alter  the  boundaries 
thereof,  and  erect  additional  wards,  as  the  occasion  may  require. 


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Sec.  12.  To  provide  for  lighting  the  streets  and  erecting 
lamp  posts. 

SBC.  13.  To  establish,  support  and  regulate  night  watches. 

Sec.  14.  To  erect  market  houses,  to  establish  market  and 
market  places,  and  provide  for  the  government  and  regulation 
thereof. 

Sec.  15.  To  provide  for  all  needful  buildings  for  the  use  of 
the  city. 

Sec.  16.  To  provide  for  enclosing,  improving  and  regulat¬ 
ing  all  public  grounds  belonging  to  the  city. 

Sec.  17.  To  license,  tax  and  regulate  auctioneers,  mer¬ 
chants,  peddlers,  retailers,  grocers,  taverns,  ordinaries,  hawkers, 
brokers,  pawnbrokers  and  money  changers. 

Sec.  18.  To  license,  tax  and  regulate  hackney  carriages, 
wagons,  carts  and  drays,  and  fix  the  rates  to  be  charged  for  the 
carriage  of  persons,  and  for  %the  wagonage,  cartage  and  drayage 
of  property. 

Sec.  19.  To  license  and  regulate  porters,  and  the  rates  of 
porterage. 

Sec.  20.  To  license,  tax  and  regulate  theatrical  and  other 
exhibitions,  shows  and  amusements. 

Sec.  21.  To  restrain,  prohibit  and  suppress  tippling  houses, 
dram  shops,  gambling  houses  and  bawdy  houses,  and  other  disor¬ 
derly  houses. 

Sec.  22.  To  provide  for  the  prevention  and  extinguish¬ 
ment  of  fires,  to  organize  and  establish  fire  companies. 

Sec.  23.  To  regulate  the  fixing  of  chimneys,  and  to  fix  the 
flues  thereof. 

Sec.  24.  To  regulate  the  storage  of  gunpowder,  tar,  pitch, 
rosin  and  other  combustible  materials. 

Sec.  25.  To  regulate  and  order  parapet  walls  and  partition 
fences,  and  to  restrain  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs  from  running  at 
large. 


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SEC.  26.  To  establish  standard  weights  and  measures  and 
regulate  the  weights  and  measures  to  be  used  in  the  city  in  all 
eases  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  law,  and  to  order  all  laws 
upon  the  subject  to  be  enforced,  and  to  fix  and  enforce  payment 
of  fines  for  non-compliance  with  any  such  order. 

Sec.  27.  To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  measuring  of 
lumber  and  other  building  materials,  and  for  the  measuring  of  all 
kinds  of  mechanical  works. 

SEC.  28.  To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  weighing  ofliay 
and  stone  coal,  the  measuring  of  charcoal,  fire-wood  and  other 
fuel  to  be  sold  and  used  within  said  city. 

Sec.  29.  To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  inspection  of 
tobacco,- and  of  beef,  pork,  flour,  meal  and  whisky  in  barrels. 

Sec.  30.  To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  inspection  of 
butter,  lard  and  other  provisions. 

Sec.  3 1 .  To  regulate  the  weight  and  quality  of  bread  to  be 
sold  and  used  in  the  city. 

Sec.  32.  To  regulate  the  size  6f  bricks  to  be  sold  and  used 
in  the  city. 

Sec.  33.  To  provide  for  taking  enumeration  of  the  inhabit¬ 
ants  of  the  city. 

Sec.  34.  To  regulate  the  election  of  city  officers,  and  to 
provide  for  removing  from  office  any  person  holding  an  office 
created  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  35.  To  fix  the  compensation  of  all  city  officers,  and  to 
regulate  the  fees  of  jurors,  witnesses  and  others  for  services 
rendered  under  this  act,  or  any  ordinance  made  in  pursuance 
thereof. 

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Sec.  36.  To  regulate  the  police  of  the  city,  to  impose  fines 
and  forfeitures  and  penalties  for  the  breach  of  any  ordinance,  and 
to  provide  for  the  recovery  and  appropriation  of  such  fines  and 
forfeitures  and  enforcement  of  such  penalties;  and  all  moneys 
collected  under,  and  by  authority  of  any  city  ordinance,  shall  be 
deemed  and  taken  to  belong  to  the  city  and  disposed  of  by  the 
City  Council  under  the  ordinances  of  said  city,  for  the  general 
use  and  benefit  thereof. 


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Sec.  37.  The  City  Council  shall  have  exclusive  power, 
within  the  city,  to  license  or  suppress  any  billiard  tables  or 
bowling  alleys. 

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Sec.  38.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  make  all 
ordinances  which  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for  carrying  into 
execution  the  power  specified  in  this  act,  so  that  ordinance  be 
not  repugnant  to,  nor  inconsistent  with,  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  or  of  this  State. 

Sec.  39.  The  style  of  the  ordinances  shall  be:  “Be  it  or¬ 
dained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia.  ’  ’ 

Sec.  40.  All  ordinances  passed  by  the  City  Council  shall, 
within  one  month  after  they  shall  have  passed,  be  published  in 
some  newspaper  in  the  city,  or  posted  up  in  three  of  the  most 
public  places  in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  and  shall  not  be  in 
force  until  they  have  been  published  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  41.  All  ordinances  of  the  city  may  be  proven  by  the 
seal  of  the  corporation;  and  when  printed  in  book  or  pamphlet 
form,  and  purporting  to  be  printed  and  published  by  authority  of 
the  corporation,  the  same  shall  be  received  in  evidence  in  all 
courts  and  places  without  further  proof. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

OF  THE  MAYOR. 

Section  i.  The  Mayor  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
City  Council,  and  in  case  of  a  tie,  shall  have  the  casting  vote, 
and  in  no  other.  In  case  of  non-attendance  of  the  Mayor  at  any 
meeting,  the  Board  of  Aldermen  shall  appoint  one  of  their  own 
number  chairman,  who  shall  preside  at  the  meeting,  but  shall 
not  thereby  lose  his  right  to  vote  on  any  question  before  the  Board. 

Sec.  2.  The  Mayor  or  any  two  Aldermen  may  call  special 
meetings  of  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  3.  The  Mayor  shall  at  •all  times  be  vigilant  and  active 
in  enforcing  the  laws  and  ordinances  for  the  government  of  the 
city;  he  shall  inspect  the  conduct  of  all  the  subordinate  officers  of 
said  city,  and  cause  negligence  and  positive  violation  to  be  prose¬ 
cuted  and  punished;  he  shall  from  time  to  time  communicate  to 


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the  Aldermen  such  information  and  recommend  all  such  measures 
as  in  his  opinion  may  tend  to  the  improvement  of  the  finances, 
the  police,  the  health,  security,  comfort  and  ornament  of  the  city. 

Sec.  4.  He  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  on  every  male  inhab¬ 
itant  of  .said  city  over  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  to  aid  in  enforc¬ 
ing  the  laws  and  ordinances,  and,  in  case  of  riots,  to  call  out  the 
militia  to  aid  him  in  suppressing  the  same  or  other  disorderly 
conduct,  preventing  and  extinguishing  fires,  for  securing  the 
peace  and  safety  of  the  city,  or  in  carrying  into  effect  any  law  or 
ordinance;  and  any  person  who  shall  not  obey  such  call  shall 
forfeit  to  said  city  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  have  power,  whenever  he  shall  deem  it 
necessary,  to  require  of  any  of  the  officers  of  said  city  an  exhibit 
of  his  books  and  papers. 

SEC.  6.  He  shall  have  power  to  execute  all  acts  that  may 
be  required  of  him  by  any  ordinance  made  in  pursuance  of  this 
act. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  also  have  such  jurisdiction  as  ma}^  be 
vested  in  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  in  and  over  all  places 
within  five  miles  of  the  boundaries  of  the  city,  for  the  purpose  of 
enforcing  the  health  and  quarantine  regulations  thereof. 

Sec.  8.  He  shall  receive  for  his  services  outside  of  the  city, 
such  salary  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  ordinance  of  city. 

Sec.  9.  In  case  the  Mayor  shall,  at  any  time,  be  guilty  of  a 
palpable  omission  of  duty,  or  shall  willfully  and  corruptly  be 
guilty  of  oppression,  malconduct,  or  partiality  in  the  discharge  of 
the  duties  of  his  office,  he  .shall  be  liable  to  be  indicted  in  the 
Circuit  Court  of  Marion  County,  and,  on  conviction,  he  shall  be 
fined  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars;  and  the  Court  shall  have 
power,  on  recommendation  of  the  jury,  to  add  to  the  judgment 
of  the  Court,  that  he  be  removed  from  office. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

OF  proceedings  in  special  cases. 

Section  i.  When  it  shall  be  necessary  to  take  private 
property  for  opening,  widening  or  altering  any  public  street,  lane. 


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avenue  or  alley,  the  corporation  shall  make  just  compensation 
to  the  person  whose  property  is  so  taken;  and  if  the  amount 
of  said  compenstaion  cannot  be  agreed  upon,  the  Mayor  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  ascertained  by  a  jury  of  six  disinterested  free¬ 
holders  of  the  city. 

Sec.  2.  When  the  owners  of  all  the  property  on  the  street, 
lane,  avenue  or  alley,  proposed  to  be  opened,  widened  or  altered, 
shall  petition  therefor,  the  City  Council  may  open,  widen  or  alter 
such  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley,  upon  condition  to  be  prescribed 
by  ordinance;  but  no  compensation  in  such  case  shall  be  made  to 
those  whose  property  shall  be  taken — their  tenants  or  others — for 
the  opening,  widening  or  altering  such  street,  lane,  avenue  or 
alley;  nor  shall  there  be  any  assessments  of  benefits  or  damages 
that  may  accrue  thereby  to  any  of  the  petitioners. 

Sec.  3.  All  jurors  impaneled  to  inquire  into  the  amount  of 
benefits  or  damages  which  shall  happen  to  the  owners  of  property 
proposed  to  be  taken  for  opening,  widening  or  altering  any  street, 
lane,  avenue  or  alley,  shall  first  be  sworn  to  that  effect,  and  shall 
return  to  tlie  Mayor  their  inquest  in  writing,  and  signed  by  each 
juror. 

Sec.  4.  In  ascertaining  the  amount  of  compensation  for 
property  taken  for  opening,  widening  or  altering  any  street,  lane, 
avenue  or  alley,  the  jury  shall  take  into  consideration  the  benefit 
as  well  as  the  injury  happening  by  any  such  opening,  widening 
or  altering  such  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley. 

Sec.  5.  The  Mayor  shall  have  power,  for  good  cause  shown , 
within  ten  days  after  an  inquest  shall  have  been  returned  to  him 
as  aforesaid,  to  set  the  same  aside  and  cause  a  new  inquest  to  be 
made. 

Sec.  6.  Upon  a  petition  of  two -thirds  of  the  property  hold¬ 
ers/the  City  Council  shall  have  power  by  ordinance,  to  levy  and 
collect  a  special  tax  on  the  holders  of  lots  in  any  street,  lane, 
avenue  or  alley,  according  to  their  respective  fronts  owned  by 
them,  for  the  purpose  of  draining,  grading,  or  planking  sidewalks, 
and  lighting  such  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley:  Provided ,  Said 


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tax  shall  not  exceed  in  amount  the  cost  of  said  sidewalks  and 
lighting  respectively — which  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  city  taxes. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

Section  i.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power,  for  the 
purpose  of  keeping  the  streets,  lanes,  avenues  and  alleys  in  repair, 
to  require  every  able-bodied  male  inhabitant  in  the  city,  over 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  to  labor  on  said  streets,  lanes,  avenues 
and  alleys,  not  exceeding  three  days  in  each  year;  and  any  person 
failing  to  perform  such  labor,  when  duly  notified  by  the  Street 
Commissioner,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  one  dollar  for  each  day  so 
neglected  or  refused. 

Sec.  2.  The  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Centralia  are  hereby 
exempted  from  working  on  any  road  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
city,  and  from  paying  any  tax  to  procure  laborers  to  work  upon 
the  same. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  provide  for 
the  punishment  of  offenders  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  or  county 
jail,  in  all  cases  when  such  offenders  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  pay 
the  fines  and  forfeitures  which  may  be  recovered  against  them. 

Sec.  4.  The  City  Council  shall  cause  to  be  published  an¬ 
nually,  a  full  and  complete  statement  of  all  moneys  received  and 
expended  by  the  corporation  during  the  preceding  year,  and  on 
what  account  received  and  expended. 

Sec.  5.  Appeals  shall  be  allowed  from  decisions  in  all  cases 
arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  any  ordinance  passed 
in  pursuance  thereof,  to  the  County  or  Circuit  Court,  as  the  case 
may  be,  of  said  County  of  Marion;  and  every  such  appeal  shall 
be  granted  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  effects  as  appeals 
are  taken  from  and  granted  by  Justices  of  the  Peace  to  the  Circuit 
Court  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 

Sec.  6.  Whenever  the  Mayor  shall  absent  himself  from  the 
city,  or  resign,  or  die,  or  his  office  shall  be  otherwise  vacated,  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  shall  immediately  proceed  to  elect  one  of  their 
number  as  President,  who  shall  be  Mayor  pro  tern.,  until  the 
office  shall  be  filled  by  election  as  herein  provided. 


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Sec.  7.  This  act  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  public  act,  and 
may  be  read  in  evidence  in  all  courts  of  law  or  equity  within  this 
State,  without  proof. 

Sec.  8.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts,  coining  within  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  charter,  or  contrary  to,  or  inconsistent  with  its 
provisions,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  The  City  Marshal,  or  any  other  officer  authorized 
to  execute  writs,  or  any  other  process  issued  by  any  judicial 
officer  in  said  city,  shall  have  power  to  execute  the  same  anywhere 
within  the  County  of  Marion,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
fees  for  traveling  as  are  allowed  to  Constables  in  similar  cases. 
The  said  City  Marshal,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  shall  be  a  Constable 
of  Marion  County,  with  power  to  serve  process,  and  do  all  other 
acts  that  a  Constable  may  lawfully  do,  and  shall  receive  the  same 
fees  as  are  allowed  to  other  Constables  by  law;  shall  hold  the  office 
for  one  year,  and  shall  give  bond  as  other  Constables  are  required 
by  law  to  give,  which  bond  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Clerk. 

Sec.  10.  The  Trustees  named  herein  shall,  immediately 
after  the  passage  of  this  act,  take  measures  to  promulgate  this 
law  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  issue  their 
proclamation  for  an  election  to  be  held  in  said  town  at  least  ten 
days  prior  to  the  election  for  city  officers,  at  which  election  the 
inhabitants  residing  within  the  territory  described  in  the  second 
section  of  the  first  article  of  this  act,  who  are  authorized  to  vote 
for  State  officers,  shall  vote  “For  the  Charter,”  or  “Against  the 
Charter;”  and  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  given  at  such  election 
shall  be  for  the  Charter,  this  act  shall  immediately  take  effect  as 
a  law,  and  the  Trustees  shall  proceed  as  directed  in  article  four 
of  this  Charter;  but  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  shall  be  against  the 
Charter,  then  this  act  shall  be  of  no  effect. 

Sec.  11.  The  members  of  the  City  Council  shall  be  ex- 
officio  fire  wardens  and  conservators  of  the  peace  within  the  city, 
and  are  hereby  authorized  and  it  is  made  their  duty  to  arrest  all 
persons  who  are  violating  or  have  violated  any  ordinance  of  the 
city,  or  any  law  of  the  State,  with  or  without  process,  and  have 
them  prosecuted  therefor;  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 


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willfully  interrupt  or  oppose  them  in  the  discharge  of  the  require¬ 
ment  hereof,  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties  as  though  they 
had  opposed  or  interrupted  a  Marshal,  Sheriff,  or  Constable  in 
the  legal  discharge  of  their  duties.  They  shall,  moreover,  be 
exempt  from  jury  duty  and  street  labor,  or  the  payment  of  street 
taxes  during  their  term  of  office. 

Sec.  12.  There  shall  be  elected  at  the  first  election  for  city 
officers,  and  every  four  years  thereafter,  one  Police  Magistrate, 
who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his 
successor  shall  be  elected  and  qualified.  The  Mayor  of  the  city, 
ex-officio,  and  the  said  Police  Magistrate  shall  have  in  their 
county,  the  same  jurisdiction,  powers  and  emoluments  as  Justices 
of  the  Peace  in  this  State,  with  this  addition — that  their  jurisdic¬ 
tion  shall  extend  to  all  cases  where  the  plaintiff’s  demand  shall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  The  Gov¬ 
ernor  shall  commission  the  said  Mayor  and  the  said  Police  Magis¬ 
trate;  and  each  one  shall  execute  and  deliver  unto  the  City  Clerk 
within  twenty  days  after  his  election,  a  bond,  to  be  approved  by 
said  Clerk,  with  one  or  more  good  and  sufficient  securities,  in  the 
sum  of  not  less  than  two  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  that  he 
will  justly  and  fairly  account  for  and  pay  over  all  money  that 
may  come  into  his  hands,  under  any  judgment,  or  otherwise,  by 
virtue  of  his  said  office,  and  that  he  will  well  and  truly  perform 
every  act  and  duty  enjoined  on  him  by  this  Charter,  or  the  laws 
of  this  State,  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  abilities.  Said  bond 
shall  be  made  payable  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 
for  the  use  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  be  held  for 
the  security  for  the  benefit  of  all  suitors  and  others  who  may  be 
aggrieved  or  injured  by  the  magisterial  acts  or  misconduct  of 
said  Police  Magistrate,  or  of  said  Mayor  while  acting  as  a  Police 
Magistrate.  Change  of  venue  may  in  all  cases  be  taken  from  one 
Police  Magistrate  to  another,  and  the  practice  and  usages  of  the 
same  shall  be  as  in  the  Justice’s  Court. 

Sec.  13.  No  provision  of  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as 

to  authorize  the  sale  of  ardent  spirits  in  less  quantity  than  now 
provided  by  law,  unless  licensed  so  to  do  by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  14.  This  act  to  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 


PROCLAMATION. 


There  will  be  an  election  held  in  Centralia,  at  N.  D. 
Ingraham’s  office,  on  Tuesday,  the  ist  day  of  March,  1859,  to 
vote  for  or  against  the  City  Charter. 

A.  H.  SEEEY, 

J.  G.  CORMICK, 

Wm.  O’MEEVENY, 

M.  C.  KEEL, 

H.  PARKINSON, 

Trustees. 


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CITY  CHARTER. 


Amendment  to  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 

Centralia. 

AN  ACT  PROVIDING  FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  POLICE  MAGISTRATE 

FOR  THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  the  City  of 
Centralia,  in  the  County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  shall  be 
entitled  to  elect  one  Police  Magistrate  in  addition  to  the  one  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  the  act  incorporating  said  city.  Said  additional 
Police  Magistrate  shall  be  elected  at  the  next  annual  election  of 
said  city,  and  shall  have  the  same  jurisdiction  and  hold  liis  office 
and  be  commissioned  as  is  now  required  for  the  election  and 
qualification  of  Police  Magistrate  of  said  city. 

Sec.  2.  The  Police  Magistrates  of  said  city  shall  be  ex- 
officio  Justices  of  the  Peace  of  said  County  of  Marion,  and 
shall  have  jurisdiction  over  the  same  matters  and  receive  the 
same  fees  as  are  prescribed  by  law  for  other  Justices  of  the  Peace; 
but  the  extent  of  said  jurisdiction  as  to  the  amount  in  contro¬ 
versy,  shall  be  governed  by  the  act  incorporating  said  city. 

Sec.  3.  All  parts  and  portions  of  the  act  entitled  “An  act 
to  incorporate  the  City  of  Centralia,”  approved  February  18th, 
1859,  inconsistent  with  this  act,  are  hereby  repealed. 

This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 

Approved  February  22,  1861. 


CITY  CHARTER. 


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Amendment  to  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 

Centralia. 


AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  section  four 
of  article  two  be  amended  by  striking  out  “five  thousand’’  and 
inserting  “three  thousand.’’ 

SEC.  2.  Section  three  of  article  four  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  “one  year’’  and  inserting  “six  months.” 

Sec.  3.  Section  one  of  article  five  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  words  “one-fourth,”  so  as  to  read  “not  to 
exceed  one  per  cent  per  annum  upon  the  assessed  value  thereof.  ’  ’ 

Sec.  4.  Section  twelve  of  article  eight  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  “two  hundred  and  fifty”  and  inserting  “five 
hundred.  ’  ’ 

Approved  February  16,  1865. 


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STATUTES 

- relating  to  the - 

GOVERNMENT  OE  THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA 


AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  INCORPORATION  OF  CITIES  AND 
VILLAGES.  [IN  FORCE  JULY  I,  1872,  AND  THE  AMENDMENTS 
THERETO.] 

Adopted  by  the  City  of  Centralia,  at  an  election  held  February  13,  18113,  and  de¬ 
clared  by  the  City  Council  March  7,  1893. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois \  represented 
in  the  General  Assembly ,  as  follows: 

ARTICLE  I. 

THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  CITIES. 

i  How  City  may  be  Incorporated  under  this  Act.]  §  r. 

That  any  city  now  existing  in  this  State  may  become  incorporat¬ 
ed  under  this  act  in  the  manner  following:  Whenever  one-eighth 
of  the  legal  voters  of  such  city  voting  at  the  last  preceding 
municipal  election  shall  petition  the  Mayor  and  Council  thereof 
to  submit  the  question  as  to  whether  such  city  shall  become 
incorporated  under  this  act  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  in  such  city, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Mayor  and  Council  to  submit  such 
question  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  of  said  city  at  the  next  ensuing 
municipal  election  of  said  city,  or  at  a  special  election,  to  be 
designated  by  them,  and  to  give 'the  notice  required  by  law. 

2.  Notice  of  Election.]  §  2.  The  Mayor  of  such  city  shall 
give  at  least  thirty  days’  notice  of  such  election,  by  publishing  a 
notice  thereof  in  one  or  more  newspapers  within  such  city;  but  if 
no  newspaper  is  published  therein,  then  by  posting  at  least  five 
copies  of  such  notice  in  each  ward. 


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n  'J 


Ov-> 


3.  The  Ballots  —  Result.]  §  3.  The  ballots  to  be  used 
at  such  election  shall  be  in  the  following  form:  “For  city 
organization  under  general  law, ’’  or  “Against  city  organization 
under  general  law.”  The  judges  of  such  election  shall  make 
returns  thereof  to  the  City  Council,  whose  duty  it  .shall  be  to 
canvass  such  returns  and  cause  the  result  of  such  canvass  to  be 
entered  on  the  records  of  such  city.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  at  such  election  shall  be  for  city  organization  under  general 
law,  such  city  shall  thenceforth  be  deemed  to  be  organized  under 
this  act;  and  the  city  officers  then  in  office  shall  thereupon 
exercise  the  powers  conferred  upon  like  officers  in  this  act, 
until  their  successors  shall  be  elected  and  qualified. 

4.  How  Towns  may  Become  Cities.]  §  4.  Any  incorpo¬ 
rated  town  or  village  in  this  State,  having  a  population  of  not 
less  than  one  thousand  (1,000)  inhabitants,  may  become  incorpo¬ 
rated  as  a  city  in  like  manner  as  hereinbefore  provided;  but  in 
all  such  cases  the  President  and  Trustees  of  such  town  or  village 
shall,  respectively,  perform  the  same  duties  relative  to  such 
change  of  organization  as  is  above  required  to  be  performed  by 
the  Mayor  and  Council  of  cities. 

5.  Organizing  a  City — Petition — Election — Result.]  §  5. 

Whenever  an  area  of  contiguous  territory  in  this  State,  not 
exceeding  four  square  miles,  shall  have  resident  thereon  a  popu¬ 
lation  of  not  less  than  one  thousand  inhabitants,  which  shall  not 

r 

already  be  included  within  any  incorporated  town  or  city,  the 
same  may  become  incorporated  as  a  city  in  manner  following: 
Any  fifty  legal  voters  thereof  may  file  in  the  office  of  the  clerk 
of  the  County  Court  of  the  county  in  which  such  inhabitants 
reside,  a  petition,  addressed  to  the  judge  of  such  court;  and  if 
the  territory  described  in  said  petition  shall  be  in  more  than  one 
county,  then  the  petition  shall  be  addressed  to  the  judge  of  the 
court  where  the  greater  part  of  such  territory  is  situated;  which 
petition  shall  define  the  boundaries  of  such  proposed  city,  and 
state  the  number  of  inhabitants  residing  within  such  limits,  and 
also  state  the  name  of  such  proposed  city,  and  shall  contain  a 
prayer  that  the  question  be  submitted  to  the  legal  voters  residing 
within  such  limits,  whether  they  will  organize  as  a  city  under 


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this  act.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Judge  to  fix  a  time 
and  place,  within  the  boundaries  of  such  proposed  city,  at  which 
an  election  may  be  held  to  determine  such  question;  and  such 
judge  shall  name  the  persons  to  act  as  judges  in  holding  such 
election,  and  shall  give  notice  thereof  by  causing  ten  notices  to 
be  posted  in  public  places  within  such  proposed  city.  And  the 
third  section  of  this  article  shall  be  applicable  to  such  election: 
Provided ,  that  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  be  made  to  and 
canvassed  by  the  County  Judge  and  any  two  Justices  of  the 
Peace  whom  he  shall  call  to  his  assistance ,  instead  of  the  City 
Council;  and  the  result  of  such  election  shall  be  entered  upon  the 
records  of  such  County  Court.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast 
at  such  election  shall  be  “For  city  organization  under  general 
law,”  the  inhabitants  of  such  territory  described  in  such  petition 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  incorporated  as  a  city,  under  this  act,  and 
with  the  name  stated  in  such  petition. 

6.  Courts  to  take  Judicial  Notice  of  Organization,  etc.] 

§  6.  All  courts  in  this  State  shall  take  judicial  notice  of  the 
existence  of  all  villages  and  cities  organized  under  this  act,  and 
of  the  change  of  the  organization  of  any  town  or  city  from  its 
original  organization  to  its  organization  under  this  act;  and  from 
the  time  of  such  organization,  or  change  of  organization,  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  applicable  to  such  cities  and 
villages,  and  all  laws  in  conflict  therewith  shall  no  longer  be 
applicable.  But  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  not  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  continue  in  force  and  applicable 
to  any  such  city  or  village  the  same  as  if  such  change  of  organi¬ 
zation  had  not  taken  place. 

7.  Election  of  Officers.]  §  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
President  and  Board  of  Trustees  of  any  town  which  shall  have 
voted  to  change  its  organization  to  a  city,  under  this  act,  to  call 
and  give  notice  of  an  election  to  elect  city  officers, and  to  designate 
the  time  and  place  or  places  of  holding  the  same.  Such  notice 
shall  be  published  in  a  newspaper,  if  there  be  one  within  the 
town,  or  posted  in  ten  public  places,  for  at  least  twenty  days 
before  such  election.  Such  President  and  Trustees  shall  appoint 
the  judges  and  clerks  to  hold  such  election,  canvass  the  returns 


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thereof,  and  cause  the  result  to  be  entered  upon  the  records  of 
the  town;  and  the  provisions  of  this  act  relative  to  the  election  of 
city  officers  shall  be  applicable  thereto;  but,  at  such  election, 
Aldermen  may  be  elected  on  a  general  ticket. 

8.  When  County  Judge  to  give  Notice  of  Election,  etc.] 

§  8.  In  case  of  cities  organizing  under  section  five  (5)  of  this 
article,  the  County  Judge  shall  call  and  give  notice  of  the 
election,  and  perform  the  same  duties  relative  thereto  as  is  above 
required  to  be  performed  by  President  and  Trustees  of  such  town, 
and  in  canvassing  such  returns;  shall  call  to  his  assistance  two 
Justices  of  the  Peace. 

9.  Term  of  First  Officers.]  §  9.  The  city  officers  elected 
under  either  of  the  preceding  sections  shall  hold  their  respective 
offices  until  the  next  succeeding  regular  election  for  such  officers, 
respectively,  and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified, 
as  provided  in  this  act. 

10.  Corporate  Name — Powers.]  §  10.  Cities  organized 
under  this  act  shall  be  bodies  politic  and  corporate,  under  the 
name  and  style  of  “City  of  (name),”  and  under  such  name  may 
sue  and  be  sued,  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  acquire  and 
hold  real  and  personal  property  for  corporate  purposes,  have  a 
common  seal,  and  change  the  same  at  pleasure,  and  exercise  all 
the  powers  hereinafter  conferred. 

11.  Prior  Ordinances,  etc.,  in  force  until,  etc.]  §  n.  All 

ordinances,  resolutions  and  by-laws,  in  force  in  any  city  or  town 
when  it  shall  organize  under  this  act,  shall  continue  in  full  force 
and  effect  until  repealed  or  amended,  notwithstanding  such 
change  of  organization;  and  the  making  of  such  change  of 
organization  shall  not  be  construed  to  effect  a  change  in  the 
legal  identity,  as  a  corporation,  of  such  city  or  town. 

12.  Rights,  etc.,  of  Old  Corporation  to  vest  in  New.]  § 

12.  All  rights 'and  property  of  every  kind  and  description, which 
were  vested  in  any  municipal  corporation  under  its  former  organ¬ 
ization,  shall  be  deemed  and  held  to  be  vested  in  the  same 
municipal  incorporation  upon  its  becoming  incorporated  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act;  but  no  rights  or  liabilities,  either  in 


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favor  or  against  such  corporation,  existing  at  the  time  of  so 
becoming  incorporated  under  this  act,  and  no  suit  or  prosecution 
of  any  kind,  shall  be  affected  by  such  change,  but  the  same  shall 
stand  and  progress  as  if  no  change  had  been  made:  Provided , 
that  when  a  different  remedy  is  given  by  this  act,  which  may 
properly  be  made  applicable  to  any  right  existing  at  the  time  of 
such  city  so  becoming  incorporated  under  this  act,  the  same  shall 
be  deemed  cumulative  to  the  remedies  before  provided,  and  used 
accordingly. 

13.  Record  of  Result  of  Election.]  §  13.  The  corporate 
authorities  of  any  city  or  village  which  may  become  organized 
under  this  act,  shall  within  three  (3)  months  after  organization 
hereunder,  cause  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds 
of  the  county  in  which  such  city  or  village  is  situated,  a  certified 
copy  of  the  record  of  the  County  Court  or  of  the  city  or  village 
in  the  matter  of  such  organization,  showing  the  canvass  of  the 
votes  and  the  result  of  the  election  whereby  such  city  or  village 
became  so  organized,  and  the  Recorder  of  Deeds  shall  record  the 
same.  And  upon  such  record  having  been  duly  recorded  by  the 
Recorder  of  Deeds  aforesaid,  he  shall  immediately  transmit  the 
same  to  the  Secretary  of  State, together  with  his  certificate  of  such 
recordation  endorsed  thereon  or  annexed  thereto,  and  it  appear¬ 
ing  from  the  recitals  in  said  record  that  the  provisions  of  this 
act  have  been  duly  complied  with,  the  Secretary  of  State  shall 
file  the  same  and  charter  said  village  or  city  by  his  certificate 
duly  authenticated  under  his  hand  and  the  great  seal  of  State. 
The  Secretary  of  State  shall  keep  a  register  of  cities  and  villages 
organized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

14.  City  Register’s  office  Abolished.]  §  14.  If  any  city 
organized,  or  which  may  hereafter  organize,  under  this  act,  shall 
have  had  by  the  terms  and  provisions  of  its  special  charter,  a 
City  Register’s  office  or  other  office  in  which  deeds,  mortgages 
or  other  instruments  were  required  or  authorized  by  law  to  be 
recorded  in  lieu  of  recording  the  same  in  the  Recorder’s  office  in 
the  county  where  said  city  was  situated,  such  City  Register’s 
office  or  Recorder's  office  shall  be  discontinued  under  this  act, 
and  the  City  Register  or  Recorder  or  other  officer  having  the 


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custody  of  the  records,  books  and  papers  pertaining  to  such  City 
Register  or  Recorder's  office,  shall  deposit  such  records  and  books 
and  papers  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds  of  the  county  in 
which  such  city  is  situated,  and  shall  take  the  receipt  of  the 
Recorder  of  Deeds  therefor, and  such  records  and  books  and  papers 
shall  from  thereafter  be  deemed  and  held  for  all  purposes  a  part 
of  the  records  of  the  Recorder’s  office  of  such  county,  and  shall 
have  like  legal  effect  as  if  the  same  had  been  originally  a  part  of 
the  records  of  such  County  Recorder’s  office,  for  all  purposes 
whatsoever,  and  the  same,  or  certified  transcripts  made  therefrom, 
shall  have  like  force  and  effect  as  evidence  as  other  records  of 
said  Recorder’s  office. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OF  THE  MAYOR. 

15.  Mayor — his  Qualifications.]  §  1.  The  chief  execu¬ 
tive  officer  of  a  city  shall  be  a  Mayor,  who  shall  be  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States,  a  qualified  elector,  reside  within  the  city 
limits,  and  hold  his  office  for  two  years,  and  until  his  successor  is 
elected  and  qualified. 

16.  Vacancy,  one  year  or  over.]  §  2.  Whenever  a 
vacancy  shall  happen  in  the  office  of  the  Mayor,  when  the  unex¬ 
pired  term  shall  be  one  year  or  over  from  the  date  when  the 
vacancy  occurs,  it  shall  be  filled  by  an  election. 

17.  Vacancy  less  than  year.]  §  3.  If  the  vacancy  is  less 
than  one  year  the  City  Council  shall  elect  one  of  its  number  to 
act  as  Mayor,  who  shall  possess  all  the  rights  and  powers  of  the 
Mayor  until  the  next  annual  election,  and  until  his  successor  is 
elected  and  qualified. 

18.  riayor  pro  tem.]  §  4.  During  a  temporary  absence 
or  disability  of  the  Mayor,  the  Council  shall  elect  one  of  its 
number  to  act  as  Mayor  pro  tem,  who,  during  such  absence  or 
disability,  shall  possess  the  powers  of  Mayor. 

19.  Vacancy  by  Removal  from  City.]  §  5.  If  the  Mayor, 
at  any  time  during  the  term  of  his  office,  shall  remove  from  the 
limits  of  the  citv,  his  office  shall  thereby  become  vacated. 


STATUTES  RELATING  TO  CITY. 


20.  Mayor  to  Preside— Casting  Vote.]  §  6.  The  Mayor 
shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  City  Council,  but  shall  not 
vote  except  in  case  of  a  tie,  when  he  shall  give  the  casting  vote. 

21.  When  he  may  Remove  Officers.]  §  7.  The  Mayor 

shall  have  power  to  remove  any  officer  appointed  by  him  on  any 
formal  charge,  whenever  he  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the 
interests  of  the  city  demand  such  removal,  but  he  shall  report  the 
reasons  for  such  removal  to  the  Council  at  a  meeting  to  be  held 
not  less  than  five  days  nor  more  than  ten  days  after  such  removal; 
and  if  the  Mayor  shall  fail,  or  refuse  to  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a 
statement  of  the  reasons  for  such  removal,  or  if  the  Council,  by  a 
two-third  vote  of  all  its  members  authorized  by  law  to  be 

elected,  by  yeas  and  nays  to  be  entered  upon  its  record,  disap¬ 
prove  of  such  removal,  such  officer  shall  thereupon  become 
restored  to  the  office  from  which  he  was  so  removed;  but  he 
shall  give  new  bonds  and  take  a  new  oath  of  office.  No  officer 
shall  be  removed  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

22.  His  Pow^r  ta  Keep  Peaee.]  §  8.  He  may  exercise, 
within  the  city  limits,  the  powers  conferred  upon  Sheriffs  to 
suppress  disorders  and  keep  the  peace. 

23.  Release  of  Prisoners.]  §,9.  He  may  release  any 
person  imprisoned  for  violation  of  any  city  ordinance,  and  shall 
report  such  release,  with  the  cause  thereof,  to  the  Council  at  its 
first  session  thereafter. 

24.  General  Duties.]  §10.  He  shall  perform  all  such 
duties  as  are  or  may  be  prescribed  by  law  or  by  the  city  ordi¬ 
nances,  and  shall  take  care  that  the  laws  and  ordinances  are  faith¬ 
fully  executed. 

25.  Power  to  Examine  Records,  etc.  ]  §  11.'  He  shall 

have  power  at  all  times  to  examine  and  inspect  the  books, records 
and  papers  of  any  agent,  employe  or  officer  of  the  city. 

26.  messages  to  Council.]  §  12.  The  Mayor  shall, 
annually,  and  from  time  to  time,  give  the  Council  information 
relative  to  the  affairs  of  the  city,  and  shall  recommend  for  their 
consideration  such  measures  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 


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27.  To  Call  out  flilitia,  etc. — Riots,  etc.]  §  13.  He  shall 
have  power,  when  necessary,  to  call  out  every  male  inhabitant  of 
the  city,  over  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  to  aid  in  enforcing  the 
laws  and  ordinances,  and  to  call  out  the  militia  to  aid  in  suppress¬ 
ing  riots  and  other  disorderly  conduct,  or  carrying  into  effect, 
any  law  or  ordinance,  subject  to  the  authority  of  the  Governor, 
as  commander-in-chief  of  the  militia. 

28.  Misconduct, etc.,  of  riayor  or  other  Officer — Penalty.] 

S  14.  I11  case  the  Mayor  or  any  other  municipal  officer  shall,  at 

any  time,  be  guilty  of  a  palpable  omission  of  duty,  or  shall  will¬ 
fully  and  corruptly  be  guilty  of  oppression,  malconduct  or 
misfeasance  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  he  shall 
be  liable  to  indictment  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
and,  on  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1,000; 
and  the  court  in  which  such  conviction  shall  be  had  shall  enter  an 
order  removing  such  officer  from  office. 

29.  Revising  Ordinances  after  Change  of  Organization.] 

^  15.  He  may  appoint,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  City  Council,  immediately  after  such  change  of  organization, 
one  or  more  competent  persons  to  prepare  and  submit  to  the  City 
Council,  for  their  adoption  or  rejection,  an  ordinance  in  revision 
of  the  ordinances  of  such  city,  and  for  the  government  of  such 
city,  the  compensation  of  such  reviser  or  revisers  to  be  deter¬ 
mined  and  fixed  by  the  City  Council  and  paid  out  of  the  city 
treasury. 

ARTICLE  III. 

OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 

30.  Council — how  Composed.]  §  1.  The  City  Council 
shall  consist  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 

31.  Number  of  Aldermen.]  §  2.  The  number  of  Aider- 
men,  when  not  elected  by  the  minority  representation  plan,  shall 
be  as  follows:  In  cities  not  exceeding  3,000  inhabitants,  six 
Aldermen;  exceeding  3,000  but  not  exceeding  5,000,  eight  Aider- 
men;  exceeding  5,000  and  not  exceeding  10,000,  ten  Aldermen; 
exceeding  10,000  and  not  exceeding  30,000,  fourteen  Aldermen;' 
and  two  additional  Aldermen  for  every  20,000  inhabitants  over 


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30,000:  Provided ,  however ,  that  in  cities  of  over  350,000  inhabit¬ 
ants  there  shall  be  elected  forty -eight  Aldermen  and  no  more, 
unless  additional  territory  shall  be  annexed  to  such  city,  after 
such  city  shall  have  been  divided  into  wards  on  the  basis  of 
forty-eight  Aldermen,  in  which  case  and  as  often  as  new  territory 
shall  be  annexed  ta  such  city,  as  aforesaid,  containing  three  or 
more  square  miles  of  territory,  or  15,000  inhabitants  and  not 
exceeding  25,000  inhabitants,  such  annexed  territory  shall 
constitute  a  ward  of  such  city,  and  the  City  Council  of  such  city 
shall  authorize  the  legal  voters  of  such  annexed  territory  to  elect 
two  Aldermen  from  such  ward,  in  such  annexed  territory,  which 
said  Aldermen  in  such  annexed  territory  shall  be  additional  to 
said  forty-eight  Aldermen,  and  who  shall  possess  all  the  qualifi¬ 
cations  of  and  be  elected  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  provided 
in  the  said  act,  of  which  this  is  an  amendment:  •  Provided ,  that 
if  said  annexed  territory  shall  contain  more  than  25,000  inhabit¬ 
ants,  then  the  City  Council  shall  authorize  the  legal  voters  of 
such  annexed  territory  to  elect  two  Aldermen  for  every  25,000 
inhabitants  thereof,  and  two  additional  Aldermen  for  every 
fraction  of  15,000  inhabitants  or  more,  the  number  of  inhabitants 
to  be  determined  by  the  last  preceding  National,  State  or  school 
census  of  such  annexed  territory.  And  if  any  such  annexed 
territory  has  less  than  15,000  inhabitants,  and  less  than  three 
square  miles  in  extent,  then  the  City  Council  shall  annex  it  to 
any  ward  or  wards  which  it  adjoins:  Provided ,  further ,  that 
when  the  number  of  Aldermen  in  any  such  city  shall  reach 
seventy  by  reason  of  such  annexed'  territory,  the  City  Council 
shall  redistrict  said  city  into  thirty-five  new  wards  and  no 
more;  and  when  said  number  of  Aldermen  shall  reach  seventy, 
if  any  new  territory  is  thereafter  annexed  which  shall  contain 
25,000  inhabitants  or  more,  as  determined  by  the  last  preceding 
National,  State  or  school  census  authorized  by  law  to  be  taken, 
then  said  City  Council  shall  redistrict  said  city  into  thirty-five 
wards:  Provided ,  further ,  that  whenever  after  such  new 
territory  shall  have  been  annexed,  as  aforesaid,  said  city 
shall  be  redistricted,  the  number  of  wards  at  the  time  said  city  is 
redistricted  shall  be  preserved,  and  the  City  Council  thereof  may, 
at  its  discretion,  change  the  boundary  between  such  new  ward 


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and  the  original  territory  of  the  city,  and  make  said  new  ward 
larger  or  smaller,  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  said  act  as 
to  compactness  and  equality  of  inhabitants:  And,  provided , 
further ,  if  it  shall  appear  from  any  census  heretofore  or  hereafter 
taken,  that  any  city  has  the  requisite  number  of  inhabitants  to 
authorize  it  to  increase  the  number  of  Aldermen,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  City  Council  thereof  to  proceed  without  delay  and 
redistrict  such  city  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  hereof,  and 
to  call  and  hold  its  next  city  election  in  accordance  with  such 
new  redistricting;  Provided ,  that  at  such  election  the  Aldermen 
who  hold  oyer  shall  be  considered  Aldermen  for  the  new  wards 
respectively  in  which  their  residence  shall  be,  unless  there  shall 
be  two  or  more  Aldermen  who  hold  over  in  the  same  ward  under 
this  proviso,  then  in  such  case  it  shall  be  determined  by  lot  in 
presence  of  the  City  Council  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  direct, 
which  Alderman  shall  hold  over  for  such  ward. 

32.  Term  of  Office.]  §  3.  Aldermen  shall  hold  their 
office  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  until  their  successors  are 
elected  and  qualified. 

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33.  Vacancy.]  §  4.  If  any  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the 
office  of  Alderman  by  death,  resignation  or  removal,  such 
vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  election. 

34.  Qualification  of  Aldermen.]  §  5.  No  person  shall 
be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Alderman  unless  he  shall  be  a  qualified 
elector,  and  reside  within  the  ward  for  which  he  was  elected,  nor 
shall  he  be  eligible  if  he  is  in  arrears  in  the  payment  of  any  tax 
or  other  liability  due  to  the  city;  nor  shall  he  be  directly  or  indi¬ 
rectly  interested  in  any  contract  whatever  to  which  the  city  is  a 
party;  nor  shall  he  be  eligible  if  he  shall  have  been  convicted  of 
malfeasance,  bribery,  or  other  corrupt  practices  or  crimes;  nor 
shall  he  be  eligible  to  any  office  the  salary  of  which  is  payable 
out  of  the  city  treasury,  if  at  the  time  of  his  appointment  he 
shall  be  a  member  of  the  City  Council;  nor  shall  any  member 
of  the  City  Council  at  the  same  time  hold  any  other  office  under 
the  city  government;  nor  shall  he  be  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
individually,  or  as  a  member  of  a  firm,  engaged  in  any  business 
transaction  (other  than  official)  with  such  city,  through  its  Mayor 


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or  any  of  its  authorized  boards,  agents  or  attorneys,  whereby  any 
money  is  to  be  paid,  directly  or  indirectly,  out  of  the  city  treasury 
to  such  member  or  firms. 

35.  Council  Judge  of  its  Members.]  §  6.  The  City 
Council  shall  be  judge  of  the  election  and  qualification  of  its  own 
members. 

36.  Rules — Expulsion — Bribery.]  §  7.  It  shall  determine 
its  own  rules  of  proceeding,  punish  its  members  for  disorderly 
conduct,  and  with  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  Aider- 
men  elect,  may  expel  a  member,  but  not  a  second  time  for  the 
same  offense;  Provided \  that  any  Alderman  or  Councilman  who 
shall  have  been  convicted  of  bribery,  shall  thereby  be  deemed  to 
have  vacated  his  office. 

37.  Quorum — Compelling  Attendance.]  §  8.  A  majority 
of  the  Aldermen  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  to  do  business, 
but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  and  may 
compel  the  attendance  of  absentees,  under  such  penalties  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

38  Meetings.]  §  9.  The  City  Council  may  prescribe,  by 
ordinance,  the  times  and  places  of  the  meeting  thereof,  and  the 
manner  in  which  special  meetings  thereof  may  be  called. 

39.  Chairman  pro  tern.]  §  10.  It  may  elect  a  temporary 
chairman  in  the  absence  of  the  Mayor. 

40.  Open  Doors.]  §  11.  It  shall  sit  with  open  doors. 

41.  Journal.]  §  12.  It  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  own 
proceedings. 

42.  Yeas  and  Nays — Record — Vote  Required.  ]  §  13.  The 

yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  upon  the  passage  of  all  ordinances, 
and  on  all  propositions  to  create  any  liability  against  the  city,  or 
for  the  expenditure  or  appropriation  of  its  money,,  and  in  all 
other  cases  at  the  request  of  any  member,  which  shall  be  entered 
on  the  journal  of  its  proceedings;  and  the  concurrence  of  a 
majority  of  all  the  members  elected  in  the  City  Council  shall  be 
necessary  to  the  passage  of  any  such  ordinance  or  proposition: 
Provided ,  it  shall  require  two-thirds  of  all  the  Aldermen  elect  to 
sell  any  city  or  school  property. 


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43.  Not  to  Rescind  Vote  at  Special  Meeting  unless,  etc.] 

£14.  No  vote  of  the  City  Council  shall  be  reconsidered  at  a 
special  meeting,  unless  at  such  special  meeting  there  be  present 
as  large  a  number  of  Aldermen  as  were  present  when  such  vote 
was  taken. 

44.  When  Report  Laid  Over.]  §  15.  Any  report  of  a 
committee  of  the  Council  shall  be  deferred,  for  final  action  there¬ 
on,  to  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  same  after  the  report  is 
made,  upon  the  request  of  any  two  Aldermen  present. 

45.  Territorial  Jurisdiction.]  §  16.  The  City  Council 
and  Board  of  Trustees  shall  also  have  jurisdiction  in  and  over 
places  within  one-half  mile  of  the  city  or  village  limits,  for 
all  the  purposes  of  enforcing  health  and  quarantine  ordinances 
and  regulations  thereof. 

46.  Special  Meetings.]  §  17.  The  Mayor,  or  any  three 
Aldermen,  may  call  special  meetings  of  the  City  Council. 

47.  Ordinances — Approval — Veto.]  §  18.  All  ordinances 
passed  by  the  City  Council  shall,  before  they  take  effect,  be 
deposited  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk;  and  if  the  Mayor 
approves  thereof,  he  shall  sign  the  same,  and  such  as  he  shall  not 
approve  he  shall  return  to  the  Council,  with  his  objections 
thereto,  in  writing,  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Council 
occurring  not  less  than  five  days  after  the  passage  thereof.  Such 
veto  may  extend  to  any  one  or  more  items  or  appropriations 
contained  in  any  ordinance  making  an  appropriation,  or  to  the 
entire  ordinance;  and  in  case  the  veto  only  extends  to  a  part  of 
such  ordinance,  the  residue  thereof  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force.  But  in  case  the  Mayor  shall  fail  to  return  any  ordinance, 
with  his  objections  thereto,  by  the  time  aforesaid,  he  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  approved  such  ordinance,  and  the  same  shall  take 
effect  accordingly. 

48.  Reconsideration— Passing  over  Veto,]  §  19.  Upon 
the  return  of  any  ordinance  by  the  Mayor,  the  vote  by  which  the 
the  same  was  passed  shall  be  reconsidered  by  the  Council;  and  if, 
after  such  reconsideration,  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  elected 
to  the  City  Council  shall  agree,  by  yeas  and  nays,  to  pass  the 


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same,  it  shall  go  into  effect,  notwithstanding  the  Mayor  may 
refuse  to  approve  thereof.  The  vote  to  pass  the  same  over  the 
Mayor’s  veto  shall  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  entered  on  the 
journal. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

ELECTIONS. 

49.  Annual  Election.]  §  1.  A  general  election  for  city 
officers  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  of  each  year: 
Provided ,  that  in  cities  which  include  wholly  within  their  corpo¬ 
rate  limits  a  town  or  towns,  such  elections  shall  be  held  011  the 
first  Tuesday  of  April. 

50.  Election  of  Mayor,  City  Clerk,  Attorney  and  Treasu¬ 
rer.]  §  2.  At  the  general  election  held  in  1877,  an<^  biennially 
thereafter,  a  Mayor,  a  City  Clerk,  a  City  Attorney"  and  a  City 
Treasurer,  shall  be  elected  in  each  city:  Provided ,  that  no  person 
shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  City  Treasurer  for  two  terms  in 
succession. 

51.  Who  Entitled  to  Vote.]  §  3.  All  persons  entitled  to 
vote  at  any  general  election  for  State  officers  within  any  city  or 
village,  having  resided  therein  thirty  days  next  preceding  thereto, 
may  vote  at  any  election  for  city  or  village  officers. 

52.  Wards.]  §  4.  The  City  Council  of  any  city  in  this 
State,  whether  organized  under  this  act  or  under  any  special  law 
of  this  State,  may,  from  time  to  time,  divide  the  city  into  one- 
half  as  many  wards  as  the  total  number  of  Aldermen  to  which 
the  city  is  entitled;  and  one  Alderman  shall,  annually,  be  elected 
in  and  for  each  ward,  to  hold  his  office  .for  two  years,  and  until 
his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  In  the  formation  of  wards 
the  population  of  each  shall  be  as  nearly  equal,  and  the  ward 
shall  be  of  as  compact  and  contiguous  territory,  as  practicable. 

53.  Aldermen  at  First  Election — Classified.]  §  5.  At  the 
first  election  under  this  act,  there  shall  be  elected  the  full  number 
of  Aldermen  to  which  the  city  shall  be  entitled.  At  the  first 
meeting  of  the  City  Council  after  such  election,  the  Aldermen 
elected  shall  be  divided,  by  lot,  into  two  classes:  those  of  the 
first  class  shall  continue  in  office  for  one  year,  and  those  of  the 


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second  for  two  years.  And  upon  any  increase  of  the  number  of 
Aldermen,  at  their  first  election,  one-half  shall  be  elected  for  one 
year,  and  one-half  for  two  years. 

54.  Minority  Representation.]  §  6.  Whenever  this  act 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  of  any  city  for  adop¬ 
tion,  there  shall  be  submitted  at  the  same  time,  for  adoption  or 
rejection,  the  question  of  minority  representation  in  the  City 
Council  or  legislative  authority  of  such  city.  At  the  said  election 
the  ballot  shall  be  in  the  following  form:  “For  minority  repre¬ 
sentation  in  the  City  Council,”  or  “Against  minority  representa¬ 
tion  in  the  City  Council,”  and  at  any  subsequent  time,  on  petition 
of  the  legal  voters  equal  in  number  to  one-eighth  the  number  of 
legal  votes  cast  at  the  next  preceding  general  city  election  the 
City  Council  shall  cause  the  question  of  minority  representation 
to  be  submitted  to  the  legal  voters  of  said  city,  and  the  ballots 
shall  be  in  form  as  provided  in  this  section:  Provided ,  that  no 
such  question  of  representation  shall  be  submitted  more  than 
once  in  every  two  years.  The  judges  of  such  election  shall  make 
returns  thereof  to  the  City  Council,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
canvass  such  returns,  and  cause  the  result  of  such  canvass  to  be 
entered  on  the  records  of  such  city.  If  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  at  such  election  shall  be  for  equal  representation  in  the 
City  Council,  then  members  of  the  City  Council  or  legislative 
authority  of  such  city  shall  be  thereafter  elected  in  the  following 
manner:  The  Council  or  legislative  authority  of  such  city,  at 
least  one  month  before  the  general  election  in  the  year  in  which 
this  act  shall  take  effect  in  such  city,  shall  apportion  such  city, 
by  dividing  the  population  thereof  as  ascertained  by  the  last 
federal  census,  by  any  number  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than 
six,  and  the  quotient  shall  be  the  ratio  of  representation  in  the 
City  Council.  Districts  shall  be  formed  of  contiguous  and  com¬ 
pact  territory,  and  contain,  as  near  as  practicable,  an  equal 
number  of  inhabitants:  And ,  provided ,  further ,  that  where  said 
Council  or  legislative  authority  of  such  city  have  not  fixed  a 
ratio  of  representation  and  formed  the  districts  or  wards  at  the 
time  above  specified,  the  same  may  be  done  by  any  subsequent 
Board  of  Aldermen;  but  all  official  acts  heretofore  done,  and 
ordinances  heretofore  passed  by  any  Board  of  Aldermen  elected 


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at  large  by  the  legal  electors  of  any  such  city  on  the  minority 
representation  plan,  shall  be  held  and  taken  by  all  courts  in  this 
State  to  be  of  as  much  validity  and  binding  force  as  if  they  had 
been  elected  from  wards  or  districts. 

55.  Aldermen  Under  Minority  Plan.]  §  7.  Every  such 
district  shall  be  entitled  to  three  Aldermen,  who  shall  hold  their 
office  for  two  years,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be  elected 
and  qualified.  At  the  first  general  election  for  Mayor,  after  the 
passage  of  this  act,  and  every  two  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be 
elected  in  each  ward  as  many  Aldermen  as  such  ward  shall  be 
entitled  to:  Provided ,  that  Aldermen  elected  under  this  act,  in 
wards  wherein  Aldermen  were  elected  for  two  years  at  [the]  last 
previous  annual  election,  shall  not  take  their  seats  as  such  until 
the  terms  of  the  Aldermen  last  aforesaid  shall  expire.  Vacan¬ 
cies  shall  be  filled  at  an  election  to  be  held  by  the  voters  of  the 
district  in  which  such  vacancies  shall  occur,  at  the  time  to  be 
designated  by  the  City  Council.  In  all  elections  for  Aldermen 
aforesaid,  each  qualified  voter  may  cast  as  many  votes  as  there 
are  Aldermen  to  be  elected  in  his  district,  or  may  distribute  the 
same,  or  equal  parts  thereof,  among  the  candidates,  as  he  shall 
see  fit,  and  the  candidate  highest  in  vote  shall  be  declared  elected. 

56.  Aldermen  when  Minority  Plan  Not  Adopted.]  §  8. 

If  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  shall  be  “Against 
minority  representation  in  the  City  Council,”  the  preceding 
section  shall  be  null  and  void,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  such  city  at  such 
election;  and  the  Aldermen  of  such  city  shall  be  elected  as  other¬ 
wise  provided  for  in  this  act. 

57.  Place  of  Election — Notice.]  §  9.  The  City  Council 
shall  designate  the  place  or  places  in  which  the  election  shall  be 
held,  and  appoint  the  judges  and  clerks  thereof,  and  cause  notice 
to  be  printed  in  some  newspaper  published  in  such  city,  if  there 
be  one,  or  posted  at  each  voting  place  in  such  city,  of  the  time, 
places  of  election,  and  of  the  officers  to  be  elected,  for  at  least 
twenty  days  prior  to  such  election. 

58.  Manner  of  Conducting  Elections,  etc.  ]  §  10.  The 

manner  of  conducting  and  voting  at  elections  to  be  held  under 
this  act,  and  contesting  the  same,  the  keeping  of  poll  lists  and 


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canvassing  the  votes,  shall  be  the  same,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  as 
in  the  ease  of  the  election  of  county  officers,  under  the  general 
laws  of  this  State.  The  judges  of  election  shall  appoint  clerks, 
when  necessary  to  fill  vacancies,  and  the  judges  and  clerks  shall 
take  the  same  oath  and  have  the  same  powers  and  authority  as 
the  judges  and  clerks  of  general  State  elections.  After  the 
closing  of  the  polls,  the  ballots  shall  be  counted  and  the  returns 
made  out  and  returned,  under  seal,  to  the  City  or  Village  Clerk, 
as  the  case  maybe,  within  two  days  after  the  election;  and,  there¬ 
upon,  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  as  the  case  may  be, 
shall  examine  and  canvass  the  same,  and  declare  the  result  of  the 
election,  and  cause  a  statement  thereof  to  be  entered  upon  its 
journals. 

59.  Result — Tie.]  §  n.  The  person  having  the  highest 
numbers  of  votes,  for  any  office,  shall  be  declared  elected.  In 
case  of  a  tie  in  the  election  of  any  city  or  village  officer,  it  shall 
be  determined  by  lot,  in  the  presence  of  the  City  Council  or 
Board  of  Trustees,  in  such  manner  as  they  shall  direct,  which 
candidate  or  candidates  shall  hold  the  office. 

60.  Notice  to  Persons  Elected  or  Appointed.  ]  §  12.  It 

sfiall  be  the  duty  of  the  Village  or  City  Clerk,  within  five  days 
after  the  result  of  the  election  is  declared  or  appointment  is 
made,  to  notify  all  persons  elected  or  appointed  to  office  of  their 
election  or  appointment,  and  unless  such  persons  shall  respect¬ 
ively  qualify  in  ten  days  after  such  notice,  the  office  shall  become 
vacant. 

61.  When  no  Quorum  in  Office — Special  Election.]  § 

13.  If  for  any  cause,  there  shall  not  be  a  quorum  in  office  of 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  the  Mayor,  the  Clerk,  or 
any  Alderman  or  Trustee,  as  the  case  may  be,  may  appoint  the 
time  and  place  for  holding  a  special  election  to  supply  such 
vacancy,  and  give  notice  and  appoint  the  judges  thereof. 

62.  Special  Election.]  §  14.  If  there  is  a  failure  to  elect 
any  officer  herein  required  to  be  elected,  or  the  person  elected 
should  fail  to  qualify,  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  may 
forthwith  order  a  new  election  therefor;  and  in  all  cases,  when 


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necessary  for  the  purposes  of  this  act,  may  call  special  elections, 
appoint  judges  and  clerks  thereof,  and  provide  by  ordinances  for 
the  mode  of  conducting  the  same;  and  shall  give  notice  of  such 
special  elections,  in  which  shall  be  stated  the  questions  to  be 
voted  upon,  and  cause  such  notices  to  be  published  or  posted  for 
the  same  length  of  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  in 
the  case  of  regular  annual  elections  in  such  cities  or  villages. 

ARTICLE  V. 

OF  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 

63.  §  1.  The  City  Council  in  cities,  and  President  and 

Board  of  Trustees  in  villages,  shall  have  the  following  powers: 

First. — To  control  the  finances  and  property  of  the  corpo¬ 
ration. 

Second — To  appropriate  money  for  corporate  purposes  only, 
and  provide  for  payment  of  debts  and  expenses  of  the  corpo¬ 
ration. 

Third. — To  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  general  and  special 
purposes,  on  real  and  personal  property. 

Fourth. — To  fix  the  amount,  terms  and  manner  of  issuing 
and  revoking  licenses. 

Fifth. — To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  corporation 
for  corporate  purposes,  and  issue  bonds  therefor,  in  such  amounts 
and  form,  and  on  such  conditions  as  it  shall  prescribe,  but  shall 
not  become  indebted  in  any  manner  or  for  any  purpose  to  an 
amount,  including  existing  indebtedness,  in  the  aggregate  to 
exceed  five  (5)  per  centum  on  the  value  of  the  taxable  property 
therein,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  for  State  and 
county  taxes  previous  to  the  incurring  of  such  indebtedness;  and 
before  or  at  the  time  of  incurring  any  indebtedness  shall  provide 
for  the  collection  of  a  direct  annual  tax  sufficient  to  pay  interest 
on  such  as  it  falls  due/and  also  to  pay  and  discharge  the  princi¬ 
pal  thereof  within  twenty  years  after  contracting  the  same. 

Sixth. — To  issue  bonds  in  place  of,  or  to  supply  means  to 
meet,  maturing  bonds,  or  for  the  consolidation  or  funding  of  the 


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Seventh. — To  lay  out,  establish,  open,  alter,  widen,  extend, 
grade,  pave,  or  otherwise  improve  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  side¬ 
walks,  wharves,  parks  and  public  grounds,  and  vacate  the  same. 

Eighth. — To  plant  trees  upon  the  same. 

Ninth. — To  regulate  the  use  of  the  same. 

Tenth. — To  prevent  and  remove  encroachments  or  obstruc¬ 
tions  upon  the  same. 

Eleventh. — To  provide  for  the  lighting  of  the  same. 

Twelfth. — To  provide  for  the  cleansing  of  the  same. 

Thirteenth. — To  regulate  the  openings  therein  for  the 
laying  of  gas  or  water  mains  and  pipes,  and  the  building  and 
repairing  of  sewers,  tunnels  and  drains,  and  erecting  gas  lights: 
Provided ,  hozvever ,  that  any  company  heretofore  organized  under 
the  general  laws  of  this  State,  or  any  association  or  persons 
organized,  or  which  may  be  hereafter  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing  illuminating  gas  to  supply  cities  or  villages,  or 
the  inhabitants  thereof,  with  the  same,  shall  have  the  right,  by 
consent  of  the  Common  Council  (subject  to  existing  rights)  to 
erect  gas  factories  and  lay  down  pipes  in  the  streets  or  alleys  of 
any  city  or  village  in  this  State,  subject  to  such  regulations  as 
any  such  city  or  village  may  by  ordinance  impose: 

Fourteenth. — To  regulate  the  use  of  sidewalks  and  all 
structures  thereunder;  and  to  require  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
any  premises  to  keep  the  sidewalks,  in  front  of  or  along  the  same, 
free  from  snow  or  other  obstructions. 

Fifteenth. — To  regulate  and  prevent  the  throwing  or 
depositing  of  ashes,  offal,  dirt,  garbage,  or  any  offensive  matter 

in,  and  to  prevent  injury  to,  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public 

• 

ground. 

Sixteenth. — To  provide  for  and  regulate  cross-walks,  curbs 
and  gutters. 

Seventeenth. — To  regulate  and  prevent  the  use  of  streets, 
sidewalks  and  public  grounds  for  signs,  sign-posts,  awnings, 
awning  posts,  telegraph  poles,  horse  troughs,  racks,  posting 
handbills  -and  advertisements. 


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Eighteenth. — To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  exhibition  or 
carrying  of  banners,  placards,  advertisements  or  handbills  in  the 
streets  or  public  grounds,  or  upon  the  sidewalks. 

Nineteenth. — To  regulate  and  prevent  the  flying  of  flags, 
banners  or  signs  across  the  streets  or  from  houses. 

Twentieth. — To  regulate  traffic  and  sales  upon  the  streets, 
sidewalks  and  public  places. 

Twenty-first. — To  regulate  the  speed  of  horses  and  other 
animals,  vehicles,  cars  and  locomotives,  within  the  limits  of  the 
corporation. 

Twenty-second. — To  regulate  the  numbering  of  houses 
and  lots. 

Twenty-third. — To  name  and  change  the  name  of  any 
street,  avenue,  alley,  or  other  public  place. 

Twenty-fourth. — To  permit,  regulate  or  prohibit  the  locat¬ 
ing,  constructing,  or  laying  a  track  of  any  horse  railroad  in  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place;  but  such  permission  shall  not  be  for 
longer  time  than  twenty  years. 

Twenty-fifth. — To  provide  for  and  change  the  location, 
grade  and  crossings  of  any  railroad. 

Twenty-sixth. — To  require  railroad  companies  to  fence 
their  respective  railroads,  or  any  portion  of  the  same,  and  to 
construct  cattle  guards,  crossings  of  streets  and  public  roads,  and 
keep  the  same  in  repair  within  the  limits  of  the  corporation.  In 
case  any  railroad  company  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  such 
ordinance,  it  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  the  owner  of  any 
cattle  or  horses,  or  other  domestic  animal  may  sustain,  by  reason 
of  injuries  thereto  while  on  the  track  of  said  railroad,  in  like 
manner  and  extent  as  under  the  general  laws  of  this  State, 
relative  to  the  fencing  of  railroads;  and  actions  to  recover  such 
damages  may  be  instituted  before  any  Justice  of  the  Peace,  or 
other  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

Twenty-seventh. — To  require  railroad  companies  to  keep 
flagmen  at  railroad  crossings  of  streets,  and  provide  protection 
against  injury  to  persons  and  property  in  the  use  of  such  rail- 


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roads.  To  compel  such  railroad  to  raise  or  lower  their  railroad 
track  to  conform  to  any  grade  which  may,  at  any  time,  be  estab¬ 
lished  by  such  city,  and  where  such  tracks  run  lengthwise  of  any 
such  street,  alley  or  highway,  to  keep  their  railroad  tracks  on  a 
level  with  the  street  surface,  and  so  that  such  tracks  may  be 
crossed  at  any  place  on  such  street,  alley  or  highway.  To  com¬ 
pel  and  require  railroad  companies  to  make  and  keep  open  and  to 
keep  in  repairditches,  drains,  sewers  andculverts  along  and  under 
their  railroad  track,  so  that  filthy  or  stagnant  pools  of  water  cannot 
stand  on  their  grounds  or  right  of  way,  so  that  the  natural  drain¬ 
age  of  adjacent  property  shall  not  be  impeded. 

Twenty-eighth. — To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges, 
viaducts  and  tunnels,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Twenty-ninth. — To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  culverts, 
drains,  sewers  and  cess-pools,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Thirtieth. — To  deepen,  widen,  dock,  cover,  wall,  alter  or 
change  the  channel  of  water  courses. 

Thirty-first. — To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  canals  and 
slips  for  the  accommodation  of  commerce. 

Thirty-second. — To  erect  and  keep  in  repair  public  land¬ 
ing  places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty-third — To  regulate  and  control  the  use  of  public 
and  private  landing  places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty-fourth. — To  control  and  regulate  the  anchorage, 
moorage  and  landing  of  all  water  craft  and  their  cargoes,  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  corporation. 

Thirty-fifth. — To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  wharf- 
boats,  tugs  and  other  boats  used  about  the  harbor  or  within  such 
jurisdiction. 

Thirty-sixth. — To  fix  the  rate  of  wharfage  and  dockage. 

Thirty-seventh. — To  collect  wharfage  and  dockage  from 
all  boats,  rafts  or  other  craft  landing  or  using  any  public  landing 
place,  wharf,  dock  or  levee  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  corpor¬ 
ation. 


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Thirty-eighth. — To  make  regulations  in  regard  to  the  use 
of  harbors,  towing  of  vessels,  opening  and  passage  of  bridges. 

Thirty-ninth. — To  appoint  harbor  masters,  and  define 
their  duties. 

Fortieth. — To  provide  for  the  cleansing  and  purification  of 
waters,  water  courses  and  canals,  and  the  draining  or  filling  of 
ponds  on  private  property,  whenever  necessary  to  prevent  or 
abate  nuisances. 

Forty- first. — To  license,  tax,  regulate,  suppress  and  pro¬ 
hibit  hawkers,  peddlers,  pawnbrokers,  keepers  of  ordinaries, 
theatricals  and  other  exhibitions,,  shows  and  amusements,  and  to 
revoke  such  license  at  pleasure. 

Forty-second. — To  license,  tax  and  regulate  hackmen, 
draymen,  omnibus  drivers,  carters,  cabmen,  porters,  expressmen, 

and  all  others  pursuing  like  occupations,  and  to  prescribe  their 
compensation. 

Forty-third. — To  license,  regulate,  tax  and  restrain  run¬ 
ners  for  stages,  cars,  public  houses,  or  other  things  or  persons. 

Forty-fourth. — To  license,  regulate,  tax  or  prohibit  and 
suppress  billiards,  bagatelle,  pigeon-hole,  or  any  other  tables  or 
implements  kept  or  used  for  a  similar  purpose  in  any  place  of 
public  resort,  pin  alleys  and  ball  alleys. 

Forty-fifth. — To  suppress  bawdy  and  disorderly  houses, 
houses  of  ill-fame  or  assignation,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  and 
within  three  miles  of  the  outer  boundaries  of  the  city;  and  also  to 
suppress  gaming  and  gambling  houses,  lotteries,  *  and  all  fraudu¬ 
lent  devices  and  practices  for  the  purpose  of  gaming  or  obtaining 
money  or  property;  and  to  prohibit  the  sale  or  exhibition  of 
obscene  or  immoral  publications,  prints,  pictures  or  illustrations. 

Forty-sixth. — To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  the  selling 
or  giving  away  of  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fer¬ 
mented  liquor,  the  license  not  to  extend  beyond  the  municipal 
year  in  which  it  shall  be  granted,  and  to  determine  the  amount  to 
be  paid  for  such  license:  Provided \  that  the  City  Council  in 
cities,  or  President  and  Board  of  Trustees  in  villages,  may  grant 


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permits  to  druggists  for  the  sale  of  liquors  for  medicinal,  mechan¬ 
ical,  sacramental  and  chemical  purposes  only,  subject  to  forfeit¬ 
ure,  and  under  such  restrictions  and  regulations  as  may  be  pro¬ 
vided  by  ordinance:  Provided,  further,  that  in  granting  licenses 
such  corporate  authorities  shall  comply  with  whatever  general 
law  of  the  State  may  be  in  force  relating  to  the  granting  of 
licenses. 

Forty-seventh. — The  foregoing  shall  not  be  construed  to 
affect  the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  any  literary  institution 
heretofore  granted. 

Forty-eighth. — And  the  City  Council  in  cities,  and  Presi¬ 
dent  and  Board  of  Trustees  in  villages,  shall  also  have  the  power 
to  forbid  and  punish  the  selling  or  giving  away  of  any  intoxicat¬ 
ing,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquor  to  any  minor, 
apprentice  or  servant,  or  insane,  idiotic  or  distracted  person, 
habitual  drunkard,  or  person  intoxicated. 

Forty-ninth. — To  establish  markets  and  market  houses, 
and  provide  for  the  regulation  and  use  thereof. 

Fiftieth. — To  regulate  the  sale  of  meats,  poultry,  fish,  but¬ 
ter,  cheese,  lard,  vegetables,  and  all  other  provisions,  and  to 
provide  for  the  place  and  manner  of  selling  the  same. 

Fifty-first. — To  prevent  and  punish  forestalling  and  re¬ 
grating. 

Fifty-second. — To  regulate  the  sale  of  bread  in  the  city  or 
village;  prescribe  the  weight  and  quality  of  bread  in  the  loaf. 

Fifty-third. — To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  inspection 
of  meats,  poultry,  fish,  butter,  cheese,  lard,  vegetables,  cotton, 
tobacco,  flour,  meal  and  other  provisions. 

Fifty-fourth. — To  regulate  the  inspection,  weighing  and 
measuring  of  brick,  lumber,  fire-wood,  coal,  hay,  and  any  article 
of  merchandise. 

Fifty-fifth. — To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  sealing  of 
weights  and  measures. 

Fifty-sixth. — To  enforce  the  keeping  and  use  of  proper 
weights  and  measures  by  venders.  • 


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Fifty-seventh. — To  regulate  the  construction,  repairs  and 
use  of  vaults,  cisterns,  areas,  hydrants,  pumps,  sewers  and 
gutters. 

Fifty-eighth. — To  regulate  places  of  amusement. 

Fifty-ninth. — To  prevent  intoxication,  fighting,  quarrel¬ 
ing,  dog  fights,  cock  fights,  and  all  disorderly  conduct. 

Sixtieth. — To  regulate  partition  fences  and  party  walls. 

Sixty-first. — To  prescribe  the  thickness,  strength  and 
manner  of  constructing  stone,  brick  and  other  buildings,  and 
construction  of  fire  escapes  therein. 

Sixty-second. — The  City  Council  and  the  President  and 
Trustees  in  villages,  for  the  purpose  of  guarding  against  the 
calamities  of  fire,  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  limits  within 
which  wooden  buildings  shall  not  be  erected,  or  placed  or  repaired, 
without  permission,  and  to  direct  that  all  and  any  buildings 
within  the  fire  limits,  when  the  same  shall  have  been  damaged 
by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  the 
value,  shall  be  torn  down  or  removed,  and  to  prescribe  the  man¬ 
ner  of  ascertaining  such  damage. 

Sixty-third. — To  prevent  the  dangerous  construction  and 
condition  of  chimneys,  fire-places,  hearths,  stoves,  stove-pipes 
ovens,  boilers  and  apparatus  used  in  and  about  any  building  or 
manufactory,  and  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  or  placed  in  a 
safe  condition,  when  considered  dangerous;  to  regulate  and  pre¬ 
vent  the  carrying  on  of  manufactories,  dangerous  in  causing  and 
promoting  fires;  to  prevent  the  deposit  of  ashes  in  unsafe 
places,  and  to  cause  all  such  buildings  and  inclosures  as  may  be 
in  a  dangerous  state  to  be  put  in  a  safe  condition. 

Sixty-fourth. — To  erect  engine  houses,  and  provide  fire 
engines,  hose  carts,  hooks  and  ladders,  and  other  implements  for 
prevention  and  extinguishment  of  fires,  and  provide  for  the  use 
and  management  of  the  same  by  voluntary  fire  companies  or 
otherwise. 

Sixty-fifth. — To  regulate  and  prevent  storage  of  gun  pow- 
*der,  tar,  pitch,  resin,  coal  oil,  benzine,  turpentine,  hemp,  cotton. 


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nitroglycerine,  petroleum,  or  any  of  the  products  thereof,  and 
other  combustible  or  explosive  material,  and  the  use  of  lights  in 
stables,  shops  and  other  places,  and  the  building  of  bonfires;  also 
to  regulate  and  restrain  the  use  of  fire-works,  fire -crackers,  tor¬ 
pedoes,  roman  candles,  sky-rockets,  and  other  pyrotechnic  dis¬ 
plays. 

Sixty-sixth. — To  regulate  the  police  of  the  city  or  village, 
and  pass  and  enforce  all  necessary  police  ordinances. 

Sixty-seventh. — To  provide  for  the  inspection  of  steam 
boilers. 

Sixty-eighth. — To  prescribe  the  duties  and  powers  of  a 
Superintendent  of  Police,  Policemen  and  Watchmen. 

Sixty-ninth. — To  establish  and  erect  calabooses,  bridewells, 
houses  of  correction  and  work-houses,  for  the  rcicimation  and  con¬ 
finement  of  vagrants,  idle  and  disorderly  persons,  and  persons  con¬ 
victed  of  violating  any  city  or  village  ordinance,  and  make  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  same  and  appoint  neces¬ 
sary  keepers  and  assistants. 

Seventieth. — To  use  the  county  jail  for  the  confinement 
or  punishment  of  offenders,  subject  to  such  conditions  as  are 
imposed  by  law,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  County  Board. 

Seventy-first. — To  provide  by  ordinance  in  regard  to  the 
relation  between  all  the  officers  and  employes  of  the  corporation 
in  respect  to  each  other,  the  corporation  and  the  people. 

Seventy-second.^— To  prevent  and  suppress  riots,  routs, 
affrays,  noises,  disturbances,  disorderly  assemblies  in  any  public 
or  private  place. 

Seventy-third. — To  prohibit  and  punish  cruelty  to  animals. 

Seventy-fourth. — To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants,  men¬ 
dicants  and  prostitutes. 

Seventy-fifth. — To  declare  what  shall  be  a  nuisance,  and 
to  abate  the  same;  and  to  impose  fines  upon  parties  who  may 
create,  continue  or  suffer  nuisances  to  exist. 

Seventy-sixth. — To  appoint  a  Board  of  Health  and  pre¬ 
scribe  its  powers  and  duties. 


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Seventy-seventh. — To  erect  and  establish  hospitals  and 
medical  dispensaries,  and  control  and  regulate  the  same. 

Seventy-eighth. — To  do  all  acts,  make  all  regulations 
which  may  be  necessary  or  expedient  for  the  promotion  of  health 
or  the  suppression  of  disease. 

Seventy-ninth. — To  establish  and  regulate  cemeteries 
within  or  without  the  corporation,  and  acquire  lands  therefor,  by 
purchase  or  otherwise,  and  cause  cemeteries  to  be  removed,  and 
prohibit  their  establishment  within  one  mile  of  the  corporation. 

Eightieth. — To  regulate,  restrain  and  prohibit  the  running 
at  large  of  horses,  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  goats,  geese  and  dogs, 
and  to  impose  a  tax  on  dogs. 

Eighty-first. — To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the  man¬ 
agement  and  construction  of  packing  houses,  renderies,  tallow 
chandleries,  bone  factories,  soap  factories  and  tanneries,  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  or  village,  and  within  the  distance  of  one 
mile  without  the  city  or  village  limits. 

Eighty-second. — To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the 
use  and  construction  of  breweries,  distilleries,  livery  stables, 
blacksmith  shops  and  foundries  within  the  limits  of  the  city  or 
village. 

Eighty-third. — To  prohibit  any  offensive  or  unwholesome 
business  or  establishment  within,  or  within  one  mile  of,  the  limits 
of  the  corporation. 

Eighty-fourth. — To  compel  the  owner  of  any  grocery,  cel¬ 
lar,  soap  or  tallow  chandlery,  tannery,  stable,  pig-sty,  privy, 
sewer  or  other  unwholesome  or  nauseous  house  or  place,  to 
cleanse,  abate  or  remove  the  same,  and  to  regulate  the  location 
thereof. 

Eighty-fifth. — The  City  Council,  or  Trustees  of  a  village 
shall  have  the  power  to  provide  for  taking  the  city  or  village 
census;  but  no  city  or  village  census  shall  be  taken  by  authority 
of  the  Council  or  Trustees  oftener  than  once  in  three  years. 

Eighty-sixth. — To  provide  for  the  erection  and  care  of  all 
public  buildings  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  city  or  village. 


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Eighty-seventh. — To  establish  ferries,  toll  bridges,  and 
license  and  regulate  the  same,  and,  from  time  to  time,  to  fix  the 
tolls  thereon. 

Eighty-eighth. — To  authorize  the  construction  of  mills, 
mill  races  and  feeders  on,  through  or  across  the  streets  of  the  city 
or  village;  at  such  places  and  under  such  restrictions  as  they 
shall  deem  proper. 

Eighty-ninth. — The  City  Council  shall  have  power  by  con¬ 
demnation  or  otherwise,  to  extend  any  street,  alley  or  highway 
over  or  across,  or  to  construct  any  sewer  under  or  through  any 
railroad  track,  right  of  way,  or  land  of  any  railroad  company 
(within  the  corporate  limits);  but  where  no  compensation  is  made 
to  such  railroad  company,  the  city  shall  restore  such  railroad 
track,  right  of  way  or  land  to  its  former  .state,  or  in  a  sufficient 
manner  not  to  have  impaired  its  usefulness. 

Ninetieth. — The  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
have  no  power  to  grant  the  use  of  or  the  right  to  lay  down  any 
railroad  tracks  in  any  street  of  the  city  to  any  steam,  dummy, 
electric,  cable,  horse  or  other  railroad  company,  whether  the 
same  shall  be  incorporated  under  any  general  or  special  law  of 
the  State  now  or  hereafter  in  force,  except  upon  the  petition  of 
the  owners  of  the  land  representing  more  than  one-half  of  the 
frontage  of  the  street,  or  so  much  thereof  as  is  sought  to  be  used 
for  railroad  purposes;  and  when  the  street  or  part  thereof  sought 
to  be  used  shall  be  more  than  one  mile  in  extent,  no  petition  of 
land  owners  shall  be  valid  unless  the  same  shall  be  signed  by  the 
owners  of  the  land  representing  more  than  one-half  of  the  front¬ 
age  of  each  mile  and  of  the  fraction  of  a  mile  if  any  in  excess  of 
the  whole  miles,  measuring  from  the  initial  point  named  in  such 
petition,  of  such  street  or  of  the  part  thereof  sought  to  be  used 
for  railroad  purposes. 

Ninety-first. — To  tax,  license  and  regulate  auctioneers, 
distillers,  brewers,  lumber  yards,  livery  stables,  public  scales, 
money  changers  and  brokers. 

Ninety-second. — To  prevent  and  regulate  the  rolling  of 
hoops,  playing  of  ball,  flying  ofkites,  or  any  other  amusements  or 


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practice  having  a  tendency  to  annoy  persons  passing  in  the 
streets,  or  on  the  sidewalks,  or  to  frighten  teams  and  horses. 

Ninety-third. — To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  keeping  of 
any  lumber  yard,  and  the  placing  or  piling  or  selling  any  lum¬ 
ber,  timber,  wood  or  other  combustible  material,  within  the  fire 
limits  of  the  city. 

Ninety-fourth. — To  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  all  the 
paper,  printing,  stationery,  blanks,  fuel,  and  all  other  supplies 
needed  for  the  use  of  the  city,  shall  be  furnished  by  contract,  let 
to  the  lowest  bidder. 

Ninety-fifth. — To  tax,  license  and  regulate  second-hand 
and  junk  stores;  and  to  forbid  their  purchasing  or  receiving  from 
minors,  without  the  written  consent  of  their  parents  or  guardians, 
any  article  whatsoever. 

Ninety-sixth. — To  pass  all  ordinances,  rules,  and  make  all 
regulations  proper  or  necessary,  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers 
granted  to  cities  or  villages,  with  such  fines  or  penalties  as  the 
City  Council  or  Board  or  Trustees  shall  deem  proper:  Provided \ 
no  fine  or  penalty  shall  exceed  Two  Hundred  Dollars  ($200),  and 
no  imprisonment  shall  exceed  six  months  for  one  offense. 

6314*  Ninety-seventh. — §  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People 

of  the  State  of  Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly : 

That  the  City  Council  in  cities,  and  the  President  and  Board  of 

Trustees  in  villages  and  incorporated  towns,  shall  have  power  to 

license,  tax,  regulate,  suppress  or  prohibit  itinerant  merchants 

and  transient  vendors  of  merchandise. 

* 

64.  Style  of  Ordinances.]  §  2.  The  style  of  the  ordi¬ 

nances  in  cities  shall  *be:  ‘‘Be  it  ordained  bv  the  City  Council 
of . ” 

65.  Publication  of  Ordinances — When  take  Effect.]  3. 

All  ordinances  of  cities  and  villages  imposing  any  fine,  penalty, 
imprisonment  or  forfeiture,  or  making  any  appropriation,  shall, 
within  one  month  after  they  are  passed,  be  published  at  least 
once  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  city  or  village,  or,  if  no 
such  newspaper  is  published  therein,  by  posting  copies  of  the 
same  in  three  public  places  in  the  city  or  village;  and  no  such 


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ordinance  shall  take  effect  until  ten  days  after  it  is  so  published. 
And  all  other  ordinances,  orders  and  resolutions  shall  take  effect 
from  and  after  their  passage,  unless  otherwise  provided  therein. 

66.  Proof  of  Ordinances.]  §  4.  All  ordinances  and  the 
date,  of  publication  thereof,  may  be  proven  by  the  certificate  of 
the  Clerk,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation.  And  when  printed 
in  a  book  or  pamphlet  form,  and  purporting  to  be  published  by 
authority  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  the  City  Council,  the  same 
need  not  be  otherwise  published;  and  such  book  or  pamphlet 
shall  be  received  as  evidence  of  the  passage  and  legal  publication 
or  such  ordinances,  as  of  the  dates  mentioned  in  such  book  or 
pamphlet,  in  all  courts  and  places  without  further  proof. 

67.  Suits  for  Violating  Ordinances.]  §  5.  All  actions 
brought  to  recover  any  fine,  or  to  enforce  any  penalty,  under  any 
ordinance  of  any  city  or  village,  shall  be  brought  in  the  corpor¬ 
ate  name  of  the  city  or  village  as  plaintiff;  and  no  prosecution, 
recovery  or  acquittal,  for  the  violation  of  any  such  ordinance, 
shall  constitute  a  defense  to  any  other  prosecution  of  the  same 
party  for  any  other  violation  of  any  such  ordinance,  although  the 
different  causes  of  action  existed  at  the  same  time,  and,  if  united, 
would  not  have  exceeded  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court  or  Magis¬ 
trate. 

68.  Fines  and  Licenses  Paid  toTreasurer.]  §  6.  All  fines 
and  forfeitures  for  violation  of  ordinances,  when  collected  and 
all  moneys  for  licenses  or  otherwise,  shall  be  paid  into  the  treas¬ 
ury  of  the  corporation,  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

69.  Summons — Affidavit — Punishment.]  §  7.  In  all 

actions  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance,  tfie  first  process  shall 
be  a  summons:  Provided ,  however ,  that  a  warrant  for  the  arrest 
of  the  offender  may  issue  in  the  first  instance,  upon  the  affidavit 
of  any  person  that  any  such  ordinance  has  been  violated,  and 
that  the  person  making  the  complaint  has  reasonable  grounds  to 
believe  the  party  charged  is  guilty  thereof;  and  any  person 
arrested  upon  such  warrant  shall,  without  unnecessary  delay,  be 
taken  before  the  proper  officer  to  be  tried  for  the  alleged  offense. 
Any  person  upon  whom  any  fine  or  penalty  shall  be  imposed, 


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may,  upon  the  order  of  the  Court  or  Magistrate  before  whom  the 
conviction  is  had,  be  committed  to  the  county  jail  or  the  cala¬ 
boose,  city  prison,  workhouse,  house  of  correction,  or  other 
place  provided  by  the  city  or  village  for  the  incarceration  of 
offenders,  until  such  fine,  penalty  and  cost  shall  be  fully  paid: 
Provided ,  that  no  such  imprisonment  shall  exceed  six  months  for 
any  one  offense.  The  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
have  power  to  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  every  person  so  com¬ 
mitted  shall  be  required  to  work  for  the  corporation,  at  such 
labor  as  his  or  her  strength  will  permit,  within  and  without  such 
prison,  workhouse,  house  of  correction,  or  other  place  provided 
for  the  incarceration  of  such  offenders,  not  exceeding  ten  hours 

each  working  day;  and  for  such  work  the  person  so  employed  to 
be  allowed,  exclusive  of  his  or  her  board,  $2  for  each  day’s  work 
on  account  of  such  fine  and  cost. 

70.  Jurisdiction  of  Justices.]  §  8.  Any  and  all  Justices 
of  the  Peace  and  Police  Magistrates  shall  have  jurisdiction  in  all 
cases  arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  any  ordinance 
passed  in  pursuance  thereof. 

71.  Constable  or  Sheriff  may  Serve  Process,  etc.]  §.  9. 

Any  Constable  or  Sheriff  of  the  county  may  serve  any  process,  or 
make  any  arrests  authorized  to  be  made  bv  any  city  officer. 

72.  Jurisdiction  over  Waters — Street  Labor.]  '§  10.  The 

city  or  village  government  shall  have  jurisdiction  upon  all  waters 
within  or  bordering  upon  the  same,  to  the  extent  of  three  miles 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  city  or  village,  but  not  to  exceed  the 
limits  of  the  State;  and  may  by  ordinance,  require  every  able- 
bodied  male  inhabitant  of  such  city  or  village,  above  the  age  of 
twenty-one  and  under  the  age  of  fifty  years,  (excepting  paupers, 
idiots,  lunatics  and  such  others  as  are  exempt  by  law)  to  labor  on 
the  streets  and  alleys  of  such  city  or  village,  not  more  than  three 
days  in  the  year,  but  such  ordinance  shall  provide  for  commuta¬ 
tion  of  such  labor  at  not  more  than  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
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STREETS — LABOR  ON. 

AN  ACT  PROVIDING  FOR  LABOR  ON  THE  STREETS  AND  ALLEYS 
OF  ALL  CITIES  AND  VILLAGES  IN  THIS  .STATE.  [APPROVED 
may  31,  1879.  In  force  July  i,  1879. 

73.  Labor  on  Streets,  etc.]  §  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly , 
That  the  City  Council  in  all  cities,  and  the  President  and  Board 
of  Trustees  in  villages  in  this  State,  may  have  power,  by  ordi¬ 
nance,  to  require  every  able-bodied  male  inhabitant  of  any  such 
city  or  village,  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  under  the 
age  of  fifty  years,  (excepting  paupers,  idiots,  lunatics,  and  such 
others  as  are  exempt  by  law),  to  labor  on  the  streets  and  alleys 
of  any  such  city  or  village,  not  more  than  two  (2)  days  in  each 
year;  but  such  ordinance  shall  provide  for  commutation  of  such 
labor  at  seventy-five  cents  per  day. 

74.  Fines  and  Penalties.]  §  2.  Any  such  City  Council 
or  President  and  Board  of  Trustees  of  any  such  village,  shall 
have  power,  by  ordinance,  to  provide  such  fines  and  penalties  as 
may  be  necessary  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act.^ 

ARTICLE  VI. 

OFFICERS — THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 

75.  Offi  :ers.]  §  1.  There  shall  be  elected  in  all  cities 
organized  under  this  act,  the  following  officers,  viz:  a  Mayor,  a 
City  Council,  a  City  Clerk,  City  Attorney,  and  a  City  Treasurer. 

76.  Other  Officers — Duties  of  City  Marshal.].  §  2.  The 

City  Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  from  time  to  time,  by  ordi¬ 
nance  passed  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  Aldermen  elected, 
provide  for  the  election  by  the  legal  voters  of  the  city,  or  the 
appointment  by  the  Mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council, 
of  a  City  Collector,  a  City  Marshal,  a  City  Superintendent  of 
Streets,  a  Corporation  Counsel,  a  City  Comptroller,  or  any  or 
either  of  them,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  by  said  Council  be 
deemed  necessary  or  expedient.  The  City  Council  may,  by  a 
like  vote,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  to  take  effect  at  the  end  of 
the  then  fiscal  year,  discontinue  any  office  so  created,  and 
devolve  the  duties  thereof  on  any  other  city  officer;  and  no  officer 


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filling  any  such  office  so  discontinued,  shall  have  any  claim 
against  the  city  on  account  of  his  salary,  after  such  discontin¬ 
uance.  The  City  Marshal  shall  perform  such  duties  as  shall  be 
prescribed  by  the  City  Council  for  the  preservation  of  the  public 
peace,  and  the  observance  and  the  enforcement  of  the  ordinances 
and  laws;  he  shall  possess  the  power  and  authority  of  a  Constable 
at  common  law,  and  under  the  statutes  of  this  State. 

77.  Appointments — Vacancies — Duties — Powers.]  §  3. 

All  officers  of  any  city,  except  where  herein  otherwise  provided, 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  (and  vacancies  in  all 
offices  except  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  shall  be  filled  by  like 
appointment),  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City 
Council.  The  City  Council,  may  by  ordinance,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  prescribe  the  duties  and  define  the 
powers  of  all  such  officers,  together  with  the  term  of  any  such 
office:  Provided ,  the  term  shall  not  exceed  two  years. 

78.  Oath — Bond.]  $  4.  All  officers  of  any  city  or  village, 
whether  elected  or  appointed,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take  and  subscribe  the  following 
oath  or  affirmation: 

I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm  as  the  ease  may  he.)  that  I  will  sup 
port  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  the  Constitution  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of 
. according  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

Which  oath  or  affirmation,  so  subscribed,  shall  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Clerk.  And  all  such  officers,  except  Aldermen 
and  Trustees,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  execute  a  bond  with  security,  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  payable  to  the  city  or 
village,  in  such  penal  sum  as  may,  by  resolution  or  ordinance,  be 
directed,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
the  office  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  such 
officer,  according  to  law  and  the  ordinances  of  such  city  or  vil¬ 
lage:  Provided \  however ,  that  in  no  case  shall  the  Mayor’s  bond 
be  fixed  at  a  less  sum  than  Three  Thousand  Dollars  ($3,000);  nor 
shall  the  Treasurer's  bond  be  fixed  at  a  less  sum  than  the  amount 
of  the  estimated  tax  and  special  assessment  for  the  current  year — 


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which  bonds  shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  (except  the  bond  of  the 
Clerk,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Treasurer). 

i 

79.  Commission — Certificate — Delivery  to  Successors.] 

§  5.  All  officers  elected  or  appointed  under  this  act  (except  the 
Clerk,  Aldermen  and  Mayor,  and  Trustees),  shall  be  commission¬ 
ed  by  warrant,  under  the  corporate  seal,  signed  by  the  Clerk  and 
the  Mayor  or  the  presiding  officer  of  the  City  Council  or  Board 
or  Trustees.  The  Mayor  or  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
shall  issue  a  certificate  of  appointment  or  election,  under  the  seal 
of  the  corporation,  to  the  Clerk  thereof,  and  any  person  having 
been  an  officer  of  the  city  or  village,  shall  within  five  days  after 
notification  and  request,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office,  all 
property,  books  and  effects  of  every  description  in  his  possession, 
belonging  to  the  city  or  village,  or  appertaining  to  his  said  office, 
and  upon  his  refusal  to  do  so,  shall  be  liable  for  all  damage  caus¬ 
ed  thereby,  and  to  such  penalty  as  may  by  ordinance  be  prescribed. 

80.  Qualification  of  Officers  .]  §  6.  Be  it  enacted  by.  the 

Peopte  of  the  State  of  Illinois ,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly'. 
That  section  seventy-seven  (77)  of  an  act  entitled  “An  act  to  pro¬ 
vide  for  the  incorporation  of  cities  and  villages,”  approved  April 
10,  1872,  in  force  July  1,  1872,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows: 

No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  who  is  not  a  qualified 
elector  of  the  city  or  village  and  who  shall  not  have  resided 
therein  at  least  one  year  next  preceding  his  election  or  appoint¬ 
ment.  Nor  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  any  office  who  is  a 
defaulter  to  the  corporation:  Provided ,  however ,  this  shall  not 
apply  to  the  appointment  or  election  of  City  Engineers  in  incor¬ 
porated  cities  and  villages:  And ,  provided ,  that  the  same  shall 
not  apply  to  appointment  of  Attorneys  in  incorporated  villages, 
if  such  appointee  be  not  a  defaulter  to  the  corporation. 

81.  Not  Interested  in  Contracts,  etc.]  §  7.  No  officer 
shall  be  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  contract,  work  or 
business  of  the  city,  or  the  sale  of  any  article,  the  expense,  price 
or  consideration  of  which  is  paid  from  the  Treasury,  or  by 
an  assessment  levied  by  any  act  or  ordinance,  nor  in  the  pur¬ 
chase  of  any  real  estate  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  corpor- 


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ation,  or  which  shall  be  sold  for  taxes  or  assessments,  or  by 
virtue  of  legal  process  at  the  suit  of  said  corporation. 

4 

82.  Bribery — Penalty.]  §  8.  Every  person  who  shall 
promise,  offer  or  give,  or  cause,  or  aid,  or  abet  in  causing  to  be 
promised,  offered  or  given,  or  furnish  or  agree  to  furnish,  in 

whole  or  in  part,  to  be  promised,  offered,  or  given  to  any  member 
of  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  or  any  officer  of  the 
corporation,  after  or  before  his  election  or  appointment  as  such 
officer,  any  money,  goods,  right  in  action,  or  other  property,  or 
anything  of  value,  or  any  pecuniary  advantage,  present  or  pros¬ 
pective,  with  intent  to  influence  his  vote,  opinion,  judgment  or 
action  on  any  question,  matter,  cause or  proceeding  which  may 
be  then  pending,  or  may  by  law  be  brought  before  him  in  his 
official  capacity,-  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  imprisoned  in  the 
penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  shall  be  fined 
not  exceeding  $5,000,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
Every  officer  who  shall  accept  any  such  gift  or  promise,  or  under¬ 
taking  to  make  the  same  under  any  agreement  or  understanding 
that  his  vote,  opinion,  judgment  or  action  shall  be  influenced 
thereby,  or  shall  be  given  in  any  question,  matter,  cause  or  pro¬ 
ceeding  then  pending,  or  which  may  by  law  be  brought  before 
him  in  his  official  capacity,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  disquali¬ 
fied  from  holding  any  public  office,  trust  or  appointment  under 
the  city  or  village,  and  shall  forfeit  his  office,  and  shall  be  pun¬ 
ished  by  imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary  not  exceeding  two 
years,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  $5,000,  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court.  Every  person  offending  against  either  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  section,  shall  be  a  competent  witness  against  any 
other  person  offending  in  the  same  transaction,  and  may  be  com¬ 
pelled  to  appear  and  give  evidence  before  any  grand  jury  or  in  any 
court,  in  the  same  manner  as  before,  but  the  testimony  so  given 
shall  not  be  used  in  any  prosecution  or  proceeding,  civil  or  crim¬ 
inal,  against  the  person  so  testifying. 

83.  riayor,  etc.,  Not  to  Hold  other  Office.]  §  9.  No 

Mayor,  Aldermen,  City  Clerk,  or  Treasurer,  shall  hold  any  other 
office  under  the  city  government  during  his  term  of  office. 


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65 


84.  Duties  of  Clerk.]  §  10.  The  City  Clerk  shall  keep 
the  corporate  seal,  to  be  provide  !  under  the  direction  of  the  City 
Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  and  all  papers  belonging  to  the 
city  or  village;  he  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  City  Council  or 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  keep  a  full  record  of  its  proceedings  in 
the  journal,  and  copies  of  all  papers  duly  filed  in  his  office,  and 
transcripts  from  the  journal  and  other  records  and  files  of  the  office, 
certified  by  him  under  the  corporate  seal,  shall  be  evidence  in  all 
courts  in  like  manner  as  if  the  originals  were  produced. 

85.  Record  of  Ordinances.]  §  n.  The  Clerk  shall 
record,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  all  ordinances 
passed  by  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  and  at  the  foot 
of  the  record  of  each  ordinance  so  recorded  shall  make  a  memo¬ 
randum  of  the  date  of  the  passage  and  of  the  publication  or  post¬ 
ing  of  such  ordinance,  which  record  and  memorandum,  or  a 
certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  pas¬ 
sage  and  legal  publication  or  posting  of  such  ordinances,  for  all 
purposes  whatsoever. 

86.  Conservators  of  the  Peace — Powers  of.]  12.  The 

Trustees  in  villages,  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  the  Marshal  and  his 
deputies,  Policemen  and  Watchmen  in  cities,  if  any  such  d>e 
appointed,  shall  be  Conservators  of  the  Peace,  and  all  officers 
created  Conservators  of  the  Peace  by  this  act  or  authorized 
by  any  ordinance,  shall  have  power  to  arrest  or  cause  to  be 
arrested,  .with  or  without  process,  all  persons  who  shall  break  the 
peace,  or  be  found  violating  any  ordinance  of  the  city  or  village, 
or  any  criminal  law  of  the  State,  commit  for  examination,  and  if 
necessary,  detain  such  pers  ms  in  custody  over  night  or  Sunday 
in  the  watch-house  or  any  other  safe  place,  or  until  they  can  be 
brought  before  the  proper  Magistrate,  and  shall  have  and  exer¬ 
cise  such  other  powers  as  Conservators  of  the  Peace  as  the  City 
Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  may  prescribe.  All  warrants  for 
the  violation  of  ordinances  and  all  criminal  warrants  to  whomso¬ 
ever  directed,  may  be  served  and  executed  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  any  such  city  or  village  by  any  Policeman  of  such  city 

or  village;  such  Policemen  being  hereby  clothed  with  all  the 
common  law  and  statutory  power  of  Constables  for  such  pur¬ 
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87.  Compensation  of  Hayor.]  §  12.  The  Mayor  of  any 
city  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  City  Council  may  by 
ordinance  direct,  but  his  compensation  shall  not  be  changed 
during  his  term  of  office. 

88.  Compensation  of  Aldermen  and  Trustees.]  §  14. 

The  Aldermen  and  Trustees  may  receive  such  compensation  for 
their  services  as  shall  be  fixed  by  ordinance.  Provided ,  however , 
that  such  compensation  shall  not  exceed  Three  Dollars  to  each 
Alderman  or  Trustee  for  each  meeting  of  the  City  Council  or 
Board  of  Trustees,  actually  attended  by  him,  and  no  other  com¬ 
pensation  than  for  attendance  upon  such  meetings  shall  be  allowed 
to  any  Alderman  or  Trustee  for  any  service  whatsoever.  Such 
compensation  shall  not  be  changed,  after  it  has  been  once  estab¬ 
lished,  so  as  to  take  effect  as  to  any  Alderman  or  Trustee,  voting 
for  such  change,  during  his  term  of  office. 

89.  Compensation  of  other  Officers.]  §  15.  All  other 
officers  may  receive  a  salary,  fees,  or  other  compensations  to  be 
fixed  by  ordinance,  and  after  the  same  has  been  once  fixed,  such 
fees  or  compensation  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished,  to  take 
effect  during  the  term  for  which  any  such  officer  was  elected  or 
appointed;  and  every  such  officer  shall  make  and  return  to  the 
Mayor  or  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  a  semi-annual 
report,  verified  by  affidavit,  of  all  such  fees  and  emoluments 
received  by  him. 

90.  Administering  Oaths.]  §  16.  The  Mayor  of  any 
city,  and  the  Clerk  of  any  city  or  village  shall  have  power  to 
administer  oaths  and  affirmations  upon  all  lawful  occasions. 


JURISDICTION  IN  DIFFERENT  COUNTIES. 

AN  ACT  TO  DEFINE  THE  JURISDICTION  OF  CITIES  AND 
INCORPORATED  TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES  LYING  IN  DIFFERENT 
COUNTIES. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  cities  and 
incorporated  towns  and  villages,  which  are  now  or  which  may 
hereafter  be  incorporated  or  extended  into  different  counties, 


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shall  have  the  right  to  extend  and  enforce  their  ordinances  over 
the  entire  territory  embraced  within  the  limits  of  such  cities, 
incorporated  towns  or  villages  for  all  municipal  purposes. 

§  2.  That  whenever  any  provision  is  made  by  the  statutes 
of  this  State  that  any  suit  or  proceeding  affecting  lands  or  the 
assessment  or  collection  of  taxes  shall  be  commenced  by  any  city, 
incorporated  town  or  village,  in  any  court  of  the  county  wherein 
such  city,  incorporated  town  or  village  is  situated,  it  shall  be 
held  and  construed  to  mean  in  the  county  wherein  the  lands  to  be 
affected  or  upon  which  the  taxes  are  assessed  or  to  be  assessed 
and  collected  are  situated. 

Approved  June  18,  1891. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

OF  FINANCE. 

91.  Fiscal  Year.]  §  1.  The  fisca1  year  of  each  city  or 
village,  organized  under  this  act,  shall  commence  at  the  date 
established  by  law  for  the  annual  election  of  municipal  officers 
therein,  or  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  fixed  by  ordinance. 

92.  Annual  Appropriation  Ordinance.]  §  2.  The  City 
Council  of  cities,  and  Board  of  Trustees  in  villages,  shall, 
within  the  first  quarter  of  each  fiscal  year,  pass  an  ordinance,  to 
be  termed  the  annual  appropriation  bill,  in  which  such  corporate 
authorities  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary  to  defray  all  necessary  expenses  and  liabilities 
of  such  corporation;  and  in  such  ordinance  shall  specify  the 
objects  and  purposes  for  which  such  appropriations  are  made, 
and  the  amount  appropriated  for  each  object  or  purpose.  No 
further  appropriations  shall  be  made  at  any  other  time  within 
such  fiscal  year,  unless  the  proposition  to  make  each  appropria¬ 
tion  has  been  first  sanctioned  by  a  majority  of  the  legal  voters  of 
such  city  or  village,  either  by  a  petition  signed  by  them,  or  at  a 
general  or  special  election  duly  called  therefor. 

93.  Limitation — Emergency — Borrowing  Money.]  §  3. 

Neither  the  City  Council  nor  the  Board  of  Trustees,  nor  any 
department  or  officer  of  the  corporation,  shall  add  to  the  corpor¬ 
ate  expenditures  in  any  one  year  anything  over  and  above  the 


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amount  provided  for  in  the  annual  appropriation  bill  of  that  year, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  especially  provided;  and  no  expendi¬ 
tures  for  an  improvement  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  general  fund  of 
the  corporation  shall  exceed,  in  any  one  year,  the  amount  pro¬ 
vided  for  such  improvement  in  the  annual  appropriation  bill: 

Provided ,  however ,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  from  ordering,  by  a  two- 
tliirds  vote,  any  improvement,  the  necessity  of  which  is  caused 
by  any  casualty  or  accident  happening  after  such  annual  appro¬ 
priation  ismade.  TheCity  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  may,  by 
a  like  vote,  order  the  Mayor  or  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
and  Finance  Committee,  to  borrow  a  sufficient  amount  to  provide 
for  the  expense  necessary  to  be  incurred  in  making  any  improv- 
ments,  the  necessity  of  which  has  arisen,  as  is  last  above  men¬ 
tioned,  for  the  space  of  time  not  exceeding  the  close  of  the  next 
fiscal  year;  which  sum,  and  the  interest,  shall  be  added  to  the 
amount  authorized  to  be  raised  in  the  next  general  tax  levy, 
and  embraced  therein.  Should  any  judgment  be  obtained  against 
the  corporation,  the  Mayor,  or  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  Finance  Committee,  under  the  sanction  of  the  City 
Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  may  borrow  a  sufficient  amount  to 
pay  the  same  for  a  space  of  time  not  exceeding  the  close  of  the 
next  fiscal  year— which  sum  and  interest  shall,  in  like  manner,  be 
added  to  the  amount  authorized  to  be  raised  in  the  general 

tax  levy  of  the  next  year  and  embraced  therein. 

% 

94.  Contracting  Liabilities  Limited.]  §  4.  No  contract 
shall  be  hereafter  made  by  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees, 
or  any  committee  or  member  thereof;  and  no  expense  shall  be 
incurred  by  any  of  the  officers  or  departments  of  the  corporation, 
whether  the  object  of  the  expenditure  shall  have  been  ordered  by 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  ornot,  unless  an  appropria¬ 
tion  shall  have  been  previously  made  concerning  such  expense, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  expressly  provided. 

95.  Duties  of  Treasurer.]  §  5.  The  Treasurer  shall 
receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  corporation,  and  shall  keep 
his  books  and  accounts  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by 


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ordinance,  and  such  books  and  accounts  shall  always  be  subject 
to  the  inspection  of  any  member  of  the  City  Council  or  Board  of 
Trustees. 

96.  Separate  Accounts.]  §  6.  He  shall  keep  a  separate 
account  of  each  fund  or  appropriation,  and  the  debts  and  credits 
belonging  thereto. 

97.  Receipts.]  §  7.  He  shall  give  ever)'  person  paying 
money  into  the  treasury  a  receipt  therefor,  specifying  the  date  of 
payment,  and  upon  what  account  paid;  and  he  shall  also  file 
copies  of  such  receipts  with  the  Clerk,  at  the  date  of  his  monthly 
report. 

98.  Monthly  Statement — Warrants — Vouchers — Regis= 
ter.]  §  8.  The  Treasurer  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  and  every 
month,  and  oftener  if  required,  render  an  account  to  the  City 
Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  or  such  officer  as  may  be  designated 
by  ordinance  (under  oath),  showing  the  state  of  the  treasury  at 
the  date  of  said  account,  and  the  balance  of  money  in  the 
treasury.  He  shall  also  accompany  such  accounts  with  a  state¬ 
ment  of  all  moneys  received  into  the  treasury,  and  on  what 
account,  together  with  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid  by  him, 
which  .said  warrants,  with  any  and  all  vouchers  held  by  him, 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  Clerk,  and  filed  with  his  said  account 
in  the  Clerk’s  office,  upon  every  day  of  such  settlement.  He 
shall  return  all  warrants  paid  by  him  stamped  and  marked 
“Paid.”  He  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  warrants  redeemed  and 
paid,  which  shall  describe  such  warrants,  and  show  the  date, 
amount,  number,  the  fund  from  which  paid,  the  name  of  the 
person  to  whom  and  when  paid. 

99.  Deposit  of  Funds — Separate  from  His.  $  9.  The 

Treasurer  may  be  required  to  keep  all  moneys  in  his  hands, 
belonging  to  the  corporation,  in  such  place  or  places  of  deposit 
as  may  be  designated  by  ordinance:  Provided ,  however ,  no  such 
ordinance  shall  be  passed  by  which  the  custody  of  such  money 
shall  be  taken  from  the  Treasurer  and  deposited  elsewhere  than  in 
some  regularly  organized  bank,  nor  without  a  bond  to  be  taken 
from  such  bank,  in  such  penal  sum  and  with  such  security  as  the 


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City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  shall  direct  and  approve, 
sufficient  to  save  the  corporation  from  any  loss;  but  such  penal 
sum  shall  not  be  less  than  the  estimated  receipts  for  the  current  year 
from  taxes  and  special  assessments  levied,  or  to  be  levied  by  the 
corporation.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep  all  moneys  belonging  to 
the  corporation  in  his  hands,  separate  and  distinct  from  his  own 
moneys,  and  he  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited  from  using,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  the  corporation  money  or  warrants  in  his 
custody  or  keeping,  for  his  own  use  and  benefit,  or  that  of  any 
other  person  or  persons  whomsoever;  and  any  violations  of  this 
provision  shall  subject  him  to  immediate  removal  from  office  by 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees,  who  are  hereby  author¬ 
ized  to  declare  the  office  vacant;  and  in  which  case  his  successor 
shall  be  appointed,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  remainder  of 
the  term  unexpired  of  such  officer  so  removed. 

100.  Treasurer’s  Annual  Report — Publication.]  §  io. 

The  Treasurer  shall  report  to  the  City  Council  or  Board  of 
Trustees,  as  often  as  required,  a  full  and  detailed  account  of  all 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  corporation,  as  shown  by  his 
books,  up  to  the  time  of  .said  report;  and  he  shall,  annually, 
between  the  first  and  tenth  of  April,  make  out  and  file  with  the 
Clerk,  a  full  and  detailed  account  of  all  such  receipts  and  ex¬ 
penditures,  and  of  all  his  transactions,  as  such  Treasurer,  during 
the  preceding  fiscal  year,  and  shall  show  in  such  account  the 
state  of  the  treasury  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year;  which  account 
the  Clerk  shall  immediate  cause  to  be  published  in  a  newspaper 
printed  in  such  city,  if  there  be  one,  and  if  not,  then  by  posting 
the  same  in  a  public  place  in  the  Clerk’s  office. 

101.  Warrants.]  §  n.  All  warrants  drawn  upon  the 
Treasurer  must  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by 
the  Clerk,  stating  the  particular  fund  or  appropriation  to  which 
the  same  is  chargeable,  and  the  person  to  whom  payable;  and  no 
money  shall  be  otherwise  paid  than  upon  such  warrants  so 
drawn,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

102.  Special  Assessment  Fund  kept  Separate.]  §  12. 

All  moneys  received  on  any  special  assessment  shall  be  held  by 
the  Treasurer  as  a  special  fund,  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of 


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the  improvement,  for  which  the  assessment  was  made,  and  said 
money  shall  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  whatever,  unless  to 
reimburse  such  corporation  for  money  expended  for  such  improve¬ 
ment. 

CITY  COLLECTOR. 

103.  His  Duties.]  §  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Col¬ 
lector,  when  one  is  appointed,  to  preserve  all  warrants  which  are 
returned  into  his  hands,  and  he  shall  keep  such  books  and  his 
accounts  in  such  a  manner  as  the  City  Council  may  prescribe. 
Such  warrants,  books,  and  all  papers  pertaining  to  his  office, 
shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of,  and  subject  to  the 
examination  of,  the  Mayor,  City  Clerk,  any  member  of  the 
Council  or  committee  thereof.  He  shall,  weekly,  oj  oftener  if 
required  by  the  Council,  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  all  moneys 
collected  by  him  from  any  source  whatever,  taking  such  Treas¬ 
urer’s  receipt  therefor,  which  receipt  he  shall  immediately  file 
with  the  City  Clerk;  but  the  City  Clerk  shall,  at  the  time,  or  011 
demand,  give  such  Tax  Collector  a  copy  of  any  such  receipt  so 
hied. 

104.  He  shall  Report,  etc. — Publication.]  §  14.  He 

shall  make  a  report  in  writing,  to  the  Council,  or  any  officer 
designated  by  the  Council,  of  all  moneys  collected  b}^  him,  the 
accounts  whereon  collected,  or  of  any  other  matter  in  connection 
with  his  office,  when  required  by  the  Council  or  by  any  ordinance 
of  the  city.  He  shall  also,  annually,  between  the  first  and  tenth 
of  April,  hie  with  the  Clerk  a  statement  of  all  the  moneys  col¬ 
lected  by  him  during  the  year,  the  particular  warrant,  special 
assessment  or  account  on  which  collected,  the  balance  of  moneys 
uncollected  on  all  warrants  in  his  hands,  and  the  balance  remain¬ 
ing  uncollected  at  the  time  of  the  return  on  all  warrants  which  he 
shall  have  returned  during  the  preceding  hscal  year,  to  the  City 
Clerk.  The  City  Clerk  shall  publish  or  post  the  same,  as  herein¬ 
before  required  to  be  done  in  regard  to  the  annual  report  of  the 
Treasurer. 

105.  Not  to  Detain  Money — Penalty.]  §  15.  The  Col¬ 
lector  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited  from  keeping  the  moneys 
of  the  city  in  his  hands,  or  in  the  hands  of  any  person  or  corpor- 


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ation,  to  his  use,  beyond  the  time  which  may  be  prescribed  for 
the  payment  of  the  same  to  the  Treasurer,  and  any  violation  of 
this  provision  will  subject  him  to  immediate  removal  from  office. 

106.  Examination  of  his  Books — Paying  over.]  §  16. 

All  the  City  Collector’s  papers,  books,  warrants  and  vouchers 
may  be  examined  at  any  time  by  the  Mayor  or  Clerk,  or  any 
member  of  the  City  Council;  the  Collector  shall,  every  two  weeks, 
or  oftener  if  the  City  Council  so  direct,  pay  over  all  money  col¬ 
lected  by  him  from  any  person  or  persons,  or  associations,  to  the 
Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor  in  duplicate,  one  of  which 
receipts  he  shall  at  once  file  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk. 

CITY  COMPTROLLER. 

107.  His  Powers  and  Duties.]  §  17.  The  City  Comp¬ 
troller  (if  there  shall  be  any  City  Comptroller  appointed;  if  not 
then  the  Clerk)  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  all 
the  officers  of  the  corporation  charged  in  any  manner  with  the 
receipt,  collection  or  disbursements  of  corporation  revenues,  and 
the  collection  and  return  of  all  such  revenues  into  the  treasury. 
He  shall  have  the  charge,  custody  and  control  of  all  deeds, 

4 

leases,  warrants,  vouchers,  books  and  papers  of  any  kind,  the 
custody  of  which  is  not  herein  given  to  any  other  officers;  and  he 
shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  in  each  year,  and 
before  the  annual  appropriations  to  be  made  by  the  City  Council 
or  Board  of  Trustees,  submit  to  the  City  Council  or  Board  of 
Trustees  a  report  of  his  estimates,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  of  moneys 
necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  corporation  during  the 
current  fiscal  year.  He  shall,  in  said  report,  class  the  different 
objects  and  branches  of  expenditures,  giving,  as  nearly  as  may 
be,  the  amount  required  for  each,  and  for  the  purpose  of  making 
such  a  report,  he  is  authorized  to  require  of  all  officers  their 
statement  of  the  condition  and  expenses  of  their  respective  offices 
or  departments,  with  any  proposed  improvements  and  the  prob¬ 
able  expense  thereof,  all  contracts  made  and  unfinished,  and  the 
amount  of  any  and  all  unexpended  appropriations  of  the  pre¬ 
ceding  year.  He  shall,  in  such  report,  show  the  aggregate  income 
of  the  preceding  fiscal  year  from  all  sources,  the  amount  of  liabil¬ 
ities  outstanding  upon  which  interest  is  to  be  paid,  the  bonds  and 


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debts  payable  during  the  year,  when  due  and  when  payable;  and 
in  such  report  he  shall  give  such  other  information  to  the  Council 
or  Board  of  Trustees  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  to  the  end  that 
the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  may  fully  understand  the 
money  exigencies  and  demands  upon  the  corporation  for  the  cur¬ 
rent  year. 

108.  Council  may  Define  the  Duties — Transfer  of  Clerk’s 
Financial  Duties.]  §  18.  When  there  shall  be  appointed  in 
any  city  a  Comptroller,  the  City  Council  may,  by  ordinance  or 
resolution,  confer  upon  him  such  powers,  and  provide  for  the 
performance  of  such  duties  by  him,  as  the  City  Council  shall 
deem  necessary  and  proper;  and  all  the  provisions  of  this  act 
relating  to  the  duties  of  City  Clerk  or  the  powers  of  the  City 
Clerk  in  connection  with  the  finances,  the  Treasurer  and  Collec¬ 
tor,  or  the  receipt  and  disbursment  of  the  moneys  of  such  city, 
shall  be  exercised  and  performed  by  such  Comptroller,  if  one 
there  shall  be  appointed;  and  to  that  end  and  purpose,  wherever 
in  this  act  heretofore  the  word  “Clerk”  is  used,  it  shall  be  held 
to  mean  “Comptroller;”  and  wherever  the  “Clerk’s  office”  is 
referred  to,  it  shall  be  held  to  mean  “Comptroller’s  office.  C 

109.  Record  of  Bonds  issued  by  City.]  §  19.  The  Comp¬ 
troller,  when  there  shall  be  a  Comptroller,  and  if  not,  then  the 
Clerk,  shall  keep  in  his  office,  in  a  book  or  books  kept  expressly 
for  that  purpose,  a  correct  list  of  all  the  outstanding  bonds  of  the 
city,  showing  the  number  and  amount  of  each,  for  and  to  whom 
the  said  bonds  are  issued;  and  when  any  city  bonds  are  purchas¬ 
ed,  or  paid,  or  cancelled,  said  book  or  books  shall  show  the  fact; 
and  in  his  annual  report  he  shall  describe,  particularly,  the  bonds 
sold  during  the  year,  and  the  terms  of  sale,  with  each  and  every 
item  of  expense  thereof. 

GENERAL  PROVISION. 

no.  Further  Duties  may  be  Required.]  §  20.  The 

Collector  and  Treasurer,  and  all  other  officers  connected  with  the 
receipt  and  expenditure  of  money,  shall  perform  such  other 
duties,  and  be  subject  to  such  other  rules  and  regulations,  as  the 
City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees  may,  from  time  to  time,  by 
ordinance,  provide  and  establish. 


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in.  Appeal  to  Finance  Committee.]  §  21.  I11  the  ad¬ 

justment  of  the  accounts  of  the  Collector  or  Treasurer  with  the 
Clerk  (or  Comptroller,  if  there  shall  be  one,)  there  shall  be  an 
appeal  to  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Council  or  Board  of 
Trustees,  whose  decision  in  all  matters  of  controversy  arising 
between  said  officers  shall  be  binding,  unless  the  City  Council  or 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  otherwise  direct  and  provide. 

1 12.  Who  may  Appoint  Subordinates.]  §  22.  The 

Comptroller  (if  there  be  one),  the  Clerk,  Treasurer  and  Collector 
shall,  severally,  appoint  such  various  clerks  and  subordinates  in 
their  respective  offices  as  the  City  Council  or  Board  of  Trustees 
may  authorize,  and  shall  be  held,  severally,  responsible  for  the 
fidelity  of  all  persons  so  appointed  by  them. 

TAX  OR  LICENSE  FEE  FROM  FOREIGN  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPA¬ 
NIES  FOR  BENEFIT  FIRE  DEPARTMENTS. 

1 13.  Foreign  Insurance  Companies  to  Pay  Tax  or  License 
Fee.]  §  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  all  corporations,  com¬ 
panies  and  associations  not  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  this 
State,  and  which  are  engaged  in  any  city,  town  or  village  organized 
under  any  general  or  special  law  of  this  State  in  effecting  fire 
insurance  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  city,  town  or  village, 
for  the  maintenance,  use  and  benefit  of  the  fire  department 
thereof,  a  sum  of  not  exceeding  two  percent,  of  the  gross  receipts 
received  by  their  agency  in  such  city,  town  or  village.  Cities, 
towns  and  villages  are  hereby  empowered  to  prescribe  by  ordi¬ 
nances  the  amount  of  tax  or  license  fee  to  be  fixed,  not  in  excess 
of  the  above  rate,  and  at  that  rate  such  corporations,  companies 
and  associations  shall  pay,  upon  the  amount  of  all  premiums, 
which  during  the  year  ending  on  every  first  day  of  July  shall 
have  been  received  for  any  insurance  effected  or  agreed  to  be 
effected  in  the  city,  town  or  village,  by  or  with  such  corporations, 
companies  or  associations  respectively.  Every  person  who  shall 
act  in  any  city,  town  or  village  as  agent  or  otherwise  for  or  on 
behalf  of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  association,  shall,  on 
or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  of  each  and  every  year,  render 


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to  the  city,  town  or  village  clerk,  a  full,  true  and  just  account, 
verified  by  his  oath,  of  all  the  premiums  which  during  the  year 
ending  on  every  first  day  of  July  preceding  such  report,  shall 
have  been  received  by  him  or  any  other  person  for  him  in  behalf 
of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  association,  and  shall 
specify  in  said  report  the  amounts  received  for  fire  insurance. 
Such  agents  shall  also  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  any  such  city, 
town  or  village  at  the  time  of  rendering  the  aforesaid  report,  the 
amount  of  rates  fixed  by  the  ordinances  of  said  cities,  towns  or 
villages  for  which  the  companies,  corporations  or  associations 
represented  by  them  are  severally  chargeable  by  virtue  of  this 
act,  and  the  ordinances  passed  in  pursuance  hereof.  If  such 

account  be  not  rendered  on  or  before  the  day  herein  designated 
for  that  purpose,  or  if  the  said  rates  shall  remain  unpaid  after  that 
day,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation,  company  or  associ¬ 
ation  so  in  default  to  transact  any  business  of  insurance  in  any 
such  city,  town  or  village  until  the  said  requisitions  shall  have 
been  fully  complied  with;  but  this  provision  shall  not  relieve  any 
company,  corporation  or  association  from  the  payment  of  any 
risk  that  may  be  taken  in  violation  hereof. 

1 14.  Penalty  for  Violating  this  Act.]  §  2.  Any  person 
or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  sub¬ 
ject  to  indictment,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  in  any  court 
of  competent  jurisdiction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  notexceeding 
one  thousand  ($  1 ,000)  dollars  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not 
exceeding  six  (6)  months,  either  or  both  in  the  discretion  of  the 
court.  The  amount  of  said  tax  or  license  fee  may  also  be  recov¬ 
ered  of  said  corporation,  company  or  association,  or  its  agent, 
by  an  action  in  the  name  and  for  the  use  of  any  such  city,  town 
or  village  as  for  money  had  and  received:  Provided ,  that  this 
act  shall  only  apply  to  such  cities,  towns  and  villages  as  have  an 
organized  fire  department,  or  maintain  some  organization  for  the 
prevention  of  fires. 

1 15.  Repeal.]  §  3.  All  a'cts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 


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mayor’s  bill. 

AN  ACT  CONCERNING  THE  APPOINTMENT  AND  REMOVAL  OF 
CITY  OFFICERS  IN  ALL  CITIES  IN  THIS  STATE,  CONFERRING 
ADDITIONAL  POWERS  AND  DUTIES  UPON  MAYORS,  AND  CON¬ 
CERNING  APPROPRIATION  BILLS  OR  ORDINANCES  THAT  MAY  BE 
PASSED  IN  SUCH  CITIES.  [APPROVED  AND  IN  FORCE  APRIL  IO, 

1875. 

1 16.  Power  of  Mayor  and  Council — Repeal.]  §  1.  Be  it 

enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois ,  represented  in  the 
General  A ssem bly : 

[Section  one  (1)  of  this  act,  except  the  enacting  clause, 
repealed  by  act  approved  May  28,  1879.] 

1 17.  Approval  and  Veto  of  Ordinances.]  §  2.  All  ordi¬ 
nances  passed  by  the  City  Council  shall,  before  they  take  effect, 
be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk,  and  if  the  Mayor  ap¬ 
proves  thereof,  he  shall  sign  the  same;  and  such  as  he  shall  not 
approve  he  shall  return  to  the  Council,  with  his  objections  there¬ 
to,  in  writing,  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Council  occur¬ 
ring  not  less  than  five  days  after  the  passage  thereof.  Such  veto 
may  extend  to  any  one  or  more  items  or  appropriations  contained 
in  any  ordinance,  and  in  case  the  veto  only  extends  to  a  part  of 
such  ordinance,  the  residue  thereof  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force,  but  in  case  the  Mayor  shall  fail  to  return  any  ordinance 
with  his  objections  thereto,  by  the  time  aforesaid,  he  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  approved  such  ordinance,  and  the  same  shall 
take  effect  accordingly. 

1 18.  Passage  over  Hayor’s  Veto.]  §  3.  Upon  the  return 
of  any  ordinance  by  the  Mayor,  the  vote  by  which  the  same  was 
passed  shall  be  reconsidered  by  the  Council,  and  if,  after  such  re¬ 
consideration,  two-tliirds  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the  City 
Council  shall  agree,  by  yeas  and  nays,  to  pass  the  same,  it  shall 
go  into  effect,  notwithstanding  the  Mayor  may  refuse  to  approve 
thereof.  The  vote  to  pass  the  same  over  the  Mayor’s  veto  shall 
be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  entered  on  the  journal. 


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THE  ORGANIZATION 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  CENTRALIA  UNDER  THE  GENERAL  LAW. 
[Extract  from  the  minutes  and  proceedings  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Centralia,  at  a  meeting  held  January  3,  1893.] 
Petition  No.  56,  E.  F.  Zarbock  et  al. ,  being  more  than  one- 
eighth  of  the  legal  voters  residing  in  this  city,  voting  at  the  last 
municipal  election,  to  call  a  special  election  for  the  purpose  of 
submitting  to  a  vote  of  the  legal  voters  of  said  city  the  question 
of  becoming  incorporated  under  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  approved  April  10,  1872,  entitled,  “An 
Act  to  provide  for  the  incorporation  of  cities  and  villages,”  and 
the  amendments  thereto,  presented,  read  and  referred  to  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on' Judiciary  and  Ordinances.  *  *  *  *  Committee  on 

Judiciary  and  Ordinances  report  approved  on  Petition  No.  56,  E. 
F.  Zarbock  et  al. ,  and  submit,  as  a  part  of  their  report,  Ordi¬ 
nance  No.  90,  submitting  to  a  vote  of  the  legal  voters  of  said 
city  the  question  of  becoming  incorporated  under  the  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  approved  April  10, 
1872,  and  the  question  of  minority  representation  in  the  City 
Council;  and  upon  the  same  being  read,  on  motion  the  said  report 
was  adopted.  And  on  motion  of  Alderman  Richardson,  seconded 
by  Alderman  Davis,  to  adopt  said  ordinance,  the  ayes  and  nays 
being  taken,  resulted  as  follows;  Ayes,  Aldermen  Davis,  Frazier, 
Richardson,  Rohl,  Pfeiffer  and  Scott,  none  voting  no.  There¬ 
upon,  the  said  ordinance  was  declared  duly  adopted.  : 


* 


ORGANIZATION  UNDER  GENERAL  LAW. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  90. 

# 

Whereas,  the  petition  of  O.  V.  Parkinson,  A.  L-  Rein¬ 
hardt,  E.  F.  Zarbock  and  others  to  the  Mayor  and  City  Council 
was  on  the  sixth  day  of  December,  1892,  presented,  praying  that 
the  question  as  to  whether  the  City  of  Centralia  shall  become 
incorporated  under  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  approved  April  10,  1872,  entitled  “An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  incorporation  of  cities  and  villages”  and  the  amendments 
thereof,  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  in  said  city,  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  said  act;  and  whereas  it  appears  that  the  said 
petitioners  are  legal  voters  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  that  they 
comprise  one-eighth  of  the  legal  voters  of  said  city,  voting  at  the 
last  preceeding  municipal  election.  Therefore , 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia. 

Section  i.  That  the  prayer  of  said  petitioners  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  granted,  and  it  is  hereby  ordained  that  the  ques¬ 
tion  as  to  whether  the  City  of  Centralia  shall  become  incorporated 
under  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
approved  April  10,  1872,  entitled  “An  Act  to  provide  for  the 
incorporation  of  cities  and  villages,”  and  the  amendments  there¬ 
of,  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  in  said  City  of  Centralia 
and  that  for  that  purpose  an  election  be  held  in  the  several  wards 
and  precincts  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  on 
the  13th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1893.  *  *  * 

§  2.  That  there  shall  be  submitted  at  said  election  to  the 
qualified  electors  of  said  city  for  adoption  or  rejection  the  ques¬ 
tion  of  minority  representation  in  the  City  Council,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  Section  six  of  Article  four  of  the  aforesaid 
act  to  provide  for  the  incorporation  of  cities  and  villages  and  its 
amendments,  by  act  approved  April  n,  1883. 

§  3.  That  the  Mayor  is  hereby  instructed  to  give  notice 
of  said  election  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  said  act. 

I11  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  official  hand 
f  -1  and  caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
-  "  -*  of  Centralia,  this  4th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1893. 

J.  N.  Kerr,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W.  F.  Bitndy,  City  Clerk. 


ORGANIZATION  UNDER  GENERAL  LAW.  • 


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[Extract  from  the  minutes  and  proceedings  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Centralia,  at  a  meeting  held  March  7,  1893.] 

Alderman  Frazier  moved  that  the  Council  do  now  proceed  to 
canvass  the  returns  of  the.election  held  in  this  city  on  the  13th 
day  of  February,  1893,  on  the  questions  as  to  whether  this  city 
should  become  incorporated  under  the  General  Law  for  the  incor¬ 
poration  of  cities  and  villages,  and  minority  representation  in  the 
City  Council.  The  motion  prevailed. 

Whereupon  the  Council  proceeded  accordingly  to  canvass 

the  returns  of  such  election,  and  having  duly  canvassed  the  same 

declared  the  following  as  the  result  thereof  *  *  * 

% 

For  city  organization  under  the  General  Law,  386  votes. 

Against  city  organization  under  the  General  Law,  234  votes. 

For  minority  representation  in  the  City  Council,  182  votes. 

Against  minority  representation  in  the  City  Council,  331 
votes. 

« 

That  there  is  a  majority  of  152  votes  cast  at  said  election  in 
favor  of  city  organization  under  the  general  law,  and  a  majority 
of  149  votes  cast  against  minority  representation  in  the  City 
Council. 

And,  on  motion  of  Alderman  Davis,  the  City  Clerk  was 
ordered  to  file  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds  of  Marion 
county,  a  certified  copy  of  the  entry  made  upon  the  records  of 
the  city,  showing  the  canvass  of  the  votes  and  the  result  of  said 
election,  and  a  like  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 
within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 


< 

GENERAL  ORDINANCES 

' 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  CENTRA  LI  A. 

• 

CITY  ORDINANCES. 


AN  ORDINANCE 

REVISING  AND  CONSOLIDATING  THE  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY 

OF  CENTRAEIA. 

* 

Whereas,  It  is  deemed  expedient  that  the  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Centralia  should  be  revised,  consolidated  and  arranged  in 
appropriate  chapters  and  sections,  therefore 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Cen¬ 
tralia: 

CHAPTER  I. 

amusements. 

1.  No  Person  shall  give  Exhibitions  or  Entertainments 
without  License.]  Section  i.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation,  within  the 
limits  of  this  city,  to  do  any  act,  give  any  entertainment,  or  “ 
make  any  exhibition  hereinafter  named  or  described,  without 
first  haying  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  as  in  these  ordinances 
provided  .and  required. 

2.  Theatrical  Performances — Concerts — License.]  §  2. 

Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  exhibit  any  theatrical  perform¬ 
ance,  or  give  a  musical  concert  or  entertainment  for  pay  or  com¬ 
pensation,  shall  pay  for  license  so  to  do  not  less  than  two  dollars 
nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  performance, 
concert  or  entertainment. 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


«4 


3.  Painting,  Statuary,  Wax  Figures,  Wild  Animals.]  $ 

3.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  exhibit  for  compensation 
any  painting,  statuary  or  wax  figures,  or  any  similar  articles,  or 
wild  animals,  shall  pay  for  license  so  to  do  not  less  than  two  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  day,  and  a  like  sum  for  each 
day  such  exhibition  shall  continue. 

4.  Rope  or  Wire  Dancing,  Jugglery,  Sleight  of  Hand,  etc.] 

§  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  exhibit  for  compensation 
any  rope  or  wire  dancing,  feats  of  jugglery,  sleight  of  hand,  tricks 
of  legerdemain,  necromacy,  any  natural  or  artificial  curiosity  or 
curiosities,  or  any  similar  exhibition  not  herein  enumerated, 
shall  pay  for  license  so  to  do  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not 
more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  exhibition. 

5.  Circus  and  Menagerie,  %  Street  Parades,  etc.]  §  5. 

Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  exhibit  for  compensation  any 
circus  performance  or  exhibition,  or  any  circus  or  menagerie, 
shall  pay  for  a  license  so  to  do  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  days  performance:  And,  pro¬ 
vided,  that  any  street  parade  of  any  circus,  or  circus  and  menag¬ 
erie,  shall  be  deemed  apart  of  such  exhibition,  and  the  person  or 
persons  so  giving  any  such  street  parade  shall  pay  for  a  license  so 
to  do  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  every  such  parade,  unless  such  person  or  persons 
shall  have  previously  obtained  a  license  from  the  said  city  for  the 
giving  of  a  circus  or  circus  and  managerie. 

o  o  o 

6.  Concert  or  Hinstrel  Entertainment  under  Canvass.] 

§  6.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  give  under  a  covering  of 
canvass  any  concert,  musical  or  minstrel  entertainment,  or  any 
side  show,  shall  pay  for  a  license  so  to  do,  not  less  than  five  dol¬ 
lars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  day. 

7.  Other  Exhibitions — Charitable  purposes  excepted.]  § 

7.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  show  or  exhibit  for  com¬ 
pensation,  any  exhibition,  show  or  amusement,  not  in  this  ordi¬ 
nance  specifically  named  or  provided  for,  shall  pay  for  license  not 
less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each 
day  such  exhibition,  show  or  amusement  shall  continue:  Pro- 


RUNNING  AT  LARGE. 


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vidcd,  that  the  Mayor  may  grant  licenses  free  for  musical  parties 
or  concerts,  exhibitions  or  amusements  given  for  any  purely 
charitable  purpose. 

8.  Penalty.]  §  8.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company 
or  corporation,  who  shall  do  or  transact  any  business,  make 
any  exhibitions,  or  give  any  performance,  or  do  any  act  or 
thing  prohibited  by  this  ordinance,  except  in  accordance  with  its 
provisions,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  eight  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


CHAPTER  IT. 

ANIMALS — IMPOUNDING — RUNNING  AT  LARGE. 

9.  Penalty  for  Running  at  Large.]  §1.  It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  domestic  animal  of  the  species  of  horse,  mule, 
ass,  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  goats,  or  goose  to  run  or  go  at  large  at  any 
time  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  any 
person  being  the  owner,  possessor,  or  keeper  of  any  such  animal 
or  animals  who  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  run  or  go  at 
laro-e  in  said  citv  in  violation  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a 

c)  '' 

penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  animal  so  permitted  to 
run  or  go  at  large,  together  with  the  fee  of  impounding,  and  the 
expense  of  sustenance  for  such  animal  or  animals  when  impound¬ 
ed,  as  hereinafter  provided:  Provided ,  however ,  that  where  such 
animals  have  not  trespassed  upon  any  private  proverty,  and  no 
person  feeling  himself  aggrieved  has  filed  complaint  against  the 
person  or  persons  violating  this  section,  then  such  person  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  only  one  dollar  for  each  and  every  ani¬ 
mal  so  permitted  to  run  or  go  at  large,  together  with  the  fees  for 
impounding  and  the  expense  of  sustenance  of  such  animals,  to 
be  paid  to  the  Pound  Keeper  upon  the  release  of  such  animals 
from  the  pound  hereinafter  mentioned. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


10.  Herding  Cattle,  etc.,  in  City,  Staking  out.]  §  2.  It 

shall  be  unlawful  to  tie  or  fasten  any  animal  enumerated  in  the 
above  section  to  any  stake,  tree,  post,  fence,  or  by  any  other 
method  permit  the  same  to  be  fastened  for  the  purpose  of  grazing 
upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground  in  this  city,  or  to  be  held 
out  by  means  of  rope  or  other  fastening,  or  herded  upon  any 
street,  alley  or  public  ground  in  said  city  for  the  purpose  of  graz¬ 
ing,  and  every  owner  of  any  such  animal  who  shall  violate  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  five  dollars 
for  each  offense,  and  such  animal  shall  be  deemed  running  at 
large  within  the  meaning  of  this  chapter,  and  shall  be  subject  to 
being  impounded  as  herein  provided  for  cattle  running  at  large. 

11.  Police  to  Impound.]  £  3.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty 
of  the  Pound  Keeper,  City  Marshal  and  the  several  members  of  the 
police  force  of  said  city,  to  take  vty  every  and  any  animal  afore¬ 
said,  known  to  him  or  them  to  be  unlawfully  at  large  contrary  to 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  to  confine  the  same  in  the 
pound  within  the  city,  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose  by  the  City 
Marshal  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  and  the  Committee  on 
Police. 

12.  Any  Person  Damaged  may  Impound.]  §  4.  Any 

person  injured  or  inconviennced,  or  who  may  be  in  danger  of 
being  injured  either  in  person  or  property  by  reason  of  the  unlaw¬ 
ful  running  at  large  in  the  city  of  any  animal  hereinbefore  men¬ 
tioned,  or  whenever  any  such  animal  shall  trespass  upon  any 
private  property,  said  person,  or  the  owner  or  occupant  of  said 
private  property,  may  take  and  drive  such  animal  to  the  city 
pound,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pound  Keeper  to  receive 
and  impound  the  same. 

13.  Fees — Food  for  Animal. ]  §  5.  The  Pound  Keeper 

shall  provide,  at  his  own  expense,  the  necessary  food  and  drink 
for  all  animals  so  -impounded  during  the  time  they  are  so. im¬ 
pounded,  and  he  shall  be  paid  therefor,  and  for  his  services  for 
impounding  and  keeping  the  said  animals,  as  follows,  to-wit: 
For  the  taking  and  impounding  of  each  hog,  goat,  sheep  or 
goose,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  per  head,  and  the  additional 
sum  of  twenty-five  cents  per  head  for  feeding  and  caring  for  the 


UNKNOWN  OWNERS. 


same  during  each  and  every  day  the  same  are  so  impounded;  and 
for  taking  and  impounding  each  horse,  mule,  ass  or  head  of 
cattle,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  and  the  additional  sum  of  seventy- 
five  cents  per  head  for  each  and  every  day  for  feeding  and  caring 
for  the  same  while  so  impounded;  all  of  said  fees  to  be  paid 
the  party  obtaining  the  release  of  such  animal  before  the  same  is 
released. 

14.  Duties  of  Pound  Keeper.]  §  6.  When  any  animal 
or  animals  have  been  impounded  as  aforesaid,  and  the  owner  or 
person  entitled  to  the  possession  of  the  same  shall  fail  to  appear 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  impounding  and  pay  the  fees 
and  charges  required  for  their  redemption,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Pound  Keeper  to  make  complaint  in  writing  before  some 
Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  city,  giving  a 
general  description  of  the  animal  or  animals  so  impounded,  the 
date  of  such  impounding,  and  the  name  of  the  owner  thereof,  if 
known  to  the  complainant,  and  thereupon  the  Magistrate  shall 
issue  a  warrant  against  the  owner  or  keeper  of  such  animal  for 
permitting  the  same  to  run  at  large  in  violation  of  the  provision 
of  this  chapter,  and  upon  the  re:  a  rn  of  the  warrant  duly  executed, 
or  the  defendant  appearing  in  court,  like  proceedings  shall  be 
had  as  in  other  cases  for  the  recovery  of  fines  or  penalties  under 
the  ordinances,  and  if  the  defendant  is  found  guilty,  judgment 
shall  be  rendered  agiinst  him  for  the  penalty,  impounding  fees, 
costs  of  sustenance  and  costs  of  suit,  and  an  order  shall  be  entered 
that  such  animal  or  animals  shall  be  sold  to  satisfy  such  judg¬ 
ment  and  costs,  unless  the  same  shall  be  forthwith  paid. 

15.  Notice  to  Unknown  Owners.]  ^  7.  When  the  owner 
of  any  animal  is  unknown  complaint  shall  be  made  in  like  man¬ 
ner  provided  in  the  preceding  section  hereof  against  the 
“unknown  owner”  of  such  animal,  describing  the  same,  and 
thereupon  the  Magistrate  before  whom  such  .complaint  is  made 
shall  issue  a  notice  in  substance  as  follows: 

POUND  NOTICE. 

Whereas  complaint  has  this  day  been  made  before  me  that  the 
unknown  owner  of  the  following  described  animal,  to-wit: 

impounded  at . on  the  . day  of 


18.. 


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has  permitted  the  same  to  run  at  large  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 

section . of  chapter . of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  City  of 

Centralia. 

Now,  therefore,  notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  trial  will  he  had  upon 
the  said  complaint  at  my  office,  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  on  the  ...day 
of .  ,  18. at  the  hour  of . M,  when  and  where  the  un¬ 

known  owner,  or  other  person  interested  therein,  may  appear  and  de¬ 
fend  if  he  shall  see  fit  so  to  do. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  . day  of  . ,18... 

. . . (SEAL.) 

1 6.  Posting  Notices.]  §  8.  The  day  named  in  said  notice 
for  trial  shall  not  be  less  than  five  days  nor  more  than  ten  days 
from  the  issuing  of  the  same,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Marshal  to  forthwith  post  three  copies  of  said  notice,  to-wit: 
One  at  the  place  where  the  animal  is  impounded,  one  at  the  front 
door  of  the  City  Hall,  and  one  at  the  office  of  the  Magistrate 
issuing  the  notice,  and  to  make  due  return  thereof,  showing  the 
time  and  manner  of  such  posting. 

17.  Proceedings.]  £  9.  The  Justice  or  Police  Magistrate 
issuing  said  notice  shall  enter  the  case  upon  his  docket  as  follows: 
City  of  Centralia  vs.  The  unknown  owner  of  (here  describe  the 
animal).  And  upon  the  day  set  for  trial,  and  the  return  of  the 
notice  executed  as  in  the  last  preceding  section  hereof,  like  pro¬ 
ceedings  shall  be  had  as  in  cases  of  personal  service  or  appear¬ 
ance.  In  all  cases  of  trial  for  a  violation  of  this  chapter  the 
defendant  may  have  the  cause  tried  by  jury  if  he  shall  so  demand 
before  the  trial  is  entered  upon,  and  advance  the  fees  as  provided 
by  statute  in  trials  of  civil  cases  before  Justices  of  the  Peace, 
where  jury  is  called  for. 

18.  Judgment — Order  of  Sale.]  §  10.  Upon  the  rendi¬ 
tion  of  any  judgment,  as  provided  in  the  last  three  preceding 
sections,  the  Magistrate  rendering  the  same  shall  issue  to  the 
City  Marshal  an  order  of  sale  which  shall  be  substantially  as 
follows: 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

To .  City  Marshal  in  and  for  the  City  of 

Centralia  or  any  Constable  of  the  County  of  Marion. 

Greeting:  We  command  you  that  of  the  following  described  goods 
and  chattels,  tovvit:  (Here  describe  the  animal),  the  property  of . 


SALK  NOTICES  AND  SALE. 


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. ,  you  make  the  sum  of . dollars  and  .  cents  debt, 

and  the  sum  of . dollars  and  . cents  costs,  which  the  City 

of  Centralia  lately  recovered  before  me  against  the  said  . 

and  hereof  make  due  return  in  what  manner  you  execute  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this  ...day  of . ,18.. 

. (seal.) 

Which  order  shall  be  returned  by  the  City  Marshal  within 
thirty  days  from  the  date  thereof  to  the  Magistrate  issuing  the 
same,  with  an  indorsement  thereon  showing  when  and  how  the 
same  was  executed. 

19.  Sale  Notices.]  §  11.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such 

order  the  City  Marshal  shall  immediately  post  or  cause  to  be 
posted,  three  sale  notices  in  like  places  as  provided  in  Section 
eight  of  this  chapter,  which  may  be  in  substance  as  follows: 

POUND  SALE  NOTICE. 

Taken  up  and  impounded  in  the  city  pound  of  the  City  of  Centralia 
at  (here  state  place  of  pound)  the  following  described  animal  (or  ani¬ 
mals,)  (here  describe  the  same)  which  said  animal  (or  animals)  unless 
redeemed  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder, 
at  said  pound  at  the  hour  of  ...M  on  the  .  day  of . ,  18.. 

. City  Marshal. 

20.  Sale.]  §  12.  The  day  of  sale  mentioned  in  said 
notices  shall  be  not  less  than  three  days  nor  more  than  live  days 
after  the  posting  of  the  same,  and  if  such  animals  are  not 
redeemed,  the  City  Marshal  shall  sell  the  same  in  accordance 
with  said  notice,  and  all  animals  belonging  to  different  owners 
shall  be  sold  separately.  Provided ,  however ,  said  City  Marshal, 
for  want  of  bidders  or  other  sufficient  cause,  may  adjourn  said 
sale  from  day  to  day  until  the  same  is  completed,  and  the  City 
Marshal  shall  make  return  to  the  Magistrate  with  the  order  for 
said  sale,  and  pay  to  the  docket  the  surplus  of  the  proceeds  there¬ 
of  after  deducting  his  fees,  and  no  animal  shall  be  sold  by  said 
City  Marshal  without  first  having  been  ordered  and  notices 
thereof  been  posted  as  herein  provided,  and  no  City  Marshal  or 
Pound  Keeper  shall  purchase  any  animal  at  such  sale,  directly  or 
indirectly,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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21.  Record  of  Sales.]  §  13.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall 
keep  in  a  suitable  book  a  record  and  brief  description  of  all 
animals  impounded,  with  the  date  of  the  impounding  of  the  same 
and  the  owner’s  name,  if  known,  and  also  a  statement  of  the 
disposition  of  the  animal,  when  and  by  whom  redeemed,  or  in 
case  of  sale  the  date  of  sale  and  name  of  purchaser  and  the 
amount  received  therefor,  which  book  shall  be  open  for  inspection 
of  all  persons  interested  therein.  He  shall  monthly,  on  the  first 
da}r  of  each  month,  pay  over  to  the  City  Treasurer  all  moneys  re¬ 
ceived  by  him,  in  excess  of  the  costs,  fees  and  expenses  allowed 
him,  and  the  Justice  or  Police  Magistrate  for  the  impounding, 
sustenance  and  sale  of  such  animals,  and  court  costs,  and  the 
Treasurer  shall  receipt  therefor  and  keep  an  account  thereof. 

22.  Surplus.]  §  14.  If  the  owner  of  any  animal  im¬ 

pounded  and  sold  as  aforesaid,  shall  within  three  years  from  the 
sale  apply  and  prove  the  ownership  thereof  by  written  affidavits, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  City  Marshal  and  the  Magistrate 
before  the  paying  of  the  money  into  the  city  treasury,  he  shall  pay 
the  surplus  due  from  the  sale  of  such  animal  to  such  applicant, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor.  And  if  any  surplus  proceeds  of  such 
sale  shall  have  been  paid  into  the  treasury,  as  provided  in  the 
last  preceding  section,  the  owner  of  the  animal  or  animals  so 
sold  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  same  less  all  costs  and  charges 
which  may  have  accrued  to  the  officers  of  said  city,  upon  present¬ 
ing  to  the  City  Council,  within  three  years  from  said  sale,  a  proper 
petition  and  satisfactory  proof  of  ownership,  together  with  a 
certificate  of  the  Magistrate  or  the  Treasurer  of  the  amount  of 
such  surplus. 

23.  Releasing  or  Interfering  With  Impounding.  |  §  15. 

Whoever  shall  break  open  any  city  pound,  or  shall  take  or 

attempt  to  take  any  impounded  animal  therefrom,  without  the 
consent  of  the  Pound  Keeper,  or  who  shall  resist,  hinder,  delay  or 
obstruct  the  Pound  Keeper,  City  Marshal,  police  or  other  person 
while  taking  or  driving  to  the  city  pound  any  animal  found 
unlawfully  at  large,  or  upon  public  ground  in  this  city,  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter;  or  who  shall  in  any  manner 
attempt  to  prevent  the  impounding  of  such  animal,  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  thin  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


DKAI)  ANIMALS. 


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24.  Wrongfully  Procuring  Impounding  of  Animals.]  § 

16.  Whoever  shall  take  or  drive  any  animal  or  animals  from  any 
inclosed  lot  or  ground,  pen,  stable  or  other  building,  or  from 
without  the  limits  of  the  city  to  any  pound  within  the  city,  with 
the  intent  of  procuring  such  animal  to  be  impounded,  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  subjected  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

25.  Animals  or  Teams  after  12  at  Night.]  §  17.  Any 
police  officer  who  may  find  any  horse,  mule  or  team  upon  any 
street  or  alley  in  said  city,  without  any  owner  or  person  in  charge 
thereof,  after  twelve  o’clock  at  night,  shall  be  authorized  to  take 
such  animal  or  team  to  the  eitv  pound  or  other  safe  place,  to  be 
there  kept  and  supplied  with  food  and  drink  until  the  owner  or 
person  entitled  to  possession  shall  appear,  prove  his  ownership 
and  pay  the  proper  charges  thereon,  which  shall  be  a  lien  on  said 
animal  or  team  until  paid. 

26.  Cruelty  to  Animals.]  §  18.  Whoever  shall,  within 
the  city  of  Centralia,  inhumanly,  cruelly,  unnecessarily  beat, 
abuse  or  otherwise  maltreat  any  dumb  animal,  or  shall  overload 
or  overdrive  any  horse,  mule  or  team,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penal¬ 
ty  of  no  1  less  than  five  dollars,  or  more  than  fifty  dollars  for 
each  offmse. 

27.  Failure  to  Feed  Animals.]  ^  19.  Whoever  shall,  in 
said  city,  inhumanly  or  unnecessarily  fail  to  provide  any  dumb 
animal  owned  or  kept  by  him  with  proper  and  necessary  food 
and  drink  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  after 
conviction  he  shall  continue  such  offense,  and  to  a  penalty  of 
three  dollars  for  the  first  offense. 

28.  Abandoning  Animals  in  City — Dead  Animals.]  §  20. 
Whoever  being  the  owner  or  in  possession  of  any  horse,  mule, 
cow,  of  other  domestic  animal,  which  by  reason  of  old  age  or 

sickness  is  practically  worthless,  shall  abandon  or  turn  the  same 
loose  in  this  city;  or  whoever  shall  be  the  owner  or  possessor  of 
a  dead  mule,  horse,  cow,  or  other  domestic  animal,  and  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  for  a  period  of  twenty-four  hours  to  bury  the 
same  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  III. 

AUCTIONS  AND  AUCTIONEERS. 

29.  Auctioneers  shall  have  License.]  §  1.  Every  per¬ 
son,  persons  or  firm  who  shall  transact  the  business  of  auctioneer, 
or  expose  for  sale  at  auction  any  goods,  chattels,  wares  or  other 
property,  shall  pay  for  license  so  to  do  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  day  such  person, 
persons  or  firm  shall  make  sales  at  auction  within  the  limits  of 
this  city:  Provided ,  that  license  as  required  in  this  chapter  may 
be  granted  for  one  year  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  per 
annum. 

30.  Penalty.]  $  2.  Every  person,  persons  or  firm  who 
shall  sell  or  attempt  to  sell,  at  public  auction  within  said  city, 
any  goods,  chattels,  wares  or  other  property,  without  first  having 
obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  eight  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

31.  Sales  under  Legal  Process.]  §  3.  This  chapter  shall 
not  apply  to  sales  of  the  effects  of  deceased  persons  when  sold  by 
order  of  an  executor  or  administrator,  or  to  sales  made  under  any 
chattel  mortgage  or  trust  deed,  or  under  any  legal  process  or 
order  of  court. 


LICENSE  AND  PENALTY 


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CHAPTER  IV. 

BILL  ARDS,  BOWLING  ALLEYS,  SHOOTING  GALLERIES,  ETC. 

32.  Billiards,  etc. — Hust  have  License.]  §  1.  It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  keep  for  use  within 
the  City  of  Centralia  in  any  saloon,  restaurant,  eating  house, 
hotel  or  other  place  of  public  resort  a  billiard  table,  bagatelle, 
pigeon  table,  pool  table,  or  any  other  table  or  instrument  kept 
or  used  for  similar  purposes,  or  any  pin  alley,  bowling  aWey  or 
shooting  gallery,  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  therefor, 
and  no  person  shall  keep  any  unlicensed  billiard  table,  bagatelle 
or  pigeon  table,  pool  table,  or  other  similar  table  or  instrument, 
or  any  pin  or  bowling  alley  or  shooting  gallery  in  or  in  connection 
with  any  saloon,  restaurant  or  other  place  of  public  resort, 
whether  used  or  not,  and  any  shift  or  device  to  evade  this 
ordinance  shall  beheld  a  violation  of  the  same. 

33.  License.]  §  2.  The  license  fee  for  each  billiard 
table,  pool  table,  pigeon  table,  bagatelle  table,  or  other  table  kept 
for  similar  purpose  shall  be  ten  dollars  per  annum,  and  the 
license  fee  for  each  bowling  alley,  shooting  gallery  or  other 
similar  places  of  amusement  shall  be  ten  dollars  per  annum. 
Provided ,  however ,  license  may  be  granted  lor  a  less  time  at  the 
rate  of  one  dollar  per  day  for  any  or  the  above  purposes;  all 
such  license  shall  be  taken  out  in  the  time  and  manner  as  is 
provided  in  the  chapter  of  this  ordinance  regulating  the  issuing 
of  licenses,  and  each  license  shall  specify  the  name  of  the  licensee, 
the  place  where  said  tables  are  kept  or  where  such  business  is 
conducted,  and  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  granted,  and  they 
shall  be  appropriately  numbered. 

34.  Penalty.]  §  3.  Whoever  shall  keep  for  use  any  of 
the  above  mentioned  tables,  games  or  devices  upon  his  premises 
or  the  premises  occupied  by  him  without  first  having 
obtained  a  license  for  the  same  according  to  the  terms  of  this 
chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  of  such  tables  or  amusements  for 
the  first  offense  and  an  additional  fine  of  five  dollars  per  day  for 
each  day  said  offense  shall  be  so  continued  after  the  first  convic¬ 
tion. 


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CHAPTER  V. 

BILL  POSTERS. 

0 

35.  Shall  not  Carry  on  Business  of  Bill  Poster  without 
License.]  §1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons, 
without  having  first  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  to  carry  on  the 
business  of  bill  posting  within  this  city,  or  to  keep  or  carry  for 
distribution  along  or  upon  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  public 
grounds  or  sidewalks  of  this  city  any  advertisements,  hand  bills, 
posters,  or  notices  of  any  kind,  except  legal  notices,  or  to  post  up 
any  advertisements,  hand  bills,  posters,  or  notices  of  any  kind, 
except  legal  notices,  unless  such  person  or  persons  shall  have 
obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

36.  Rate  of  License.]  §  2.  License  to  carry  on  the 
business  of  bill  poster  may  be  issued  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  per 
year  and  a  proportionate  sum  for  any  shorter  period:  Provided , 
however ,  that  no  such  license  shall  be  issued  for  a  less  sum  than 
one  dollar. 

37.  Not  to  Post  Advertisements,  etc.]  §  3.  No  person 
shall  post,  paste,  paint  or  nail,  or  otherwise  fasten  or  append 
any  advertisement,  handbill,  poster  or  notice  of  any  kind  on  any 
curb  stone,  flag  stone  or  sidewalk,  or  upon  any  tree,  lamp  post, 
hitching  post,  awning  post,  telegraph  post,  telephone  post, 
electric  light  post,  bridge  or  hydrant,  or  upon  any  bill-board, 
wall,  door,  gate  or  fence,  without  the  consent  in  writing  of  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

38.  Not  to  tear  down  any  Bill  or  Poster,  etc. — Penalty.] 

§  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  destroy,  tear,  mutilate, 

cover  over  or  otherwise  deface  or  injure  any  advertisement,  bill, 
poster,  or  notice  of  any  kind,  posted  in  such  place  or  places  as 
may  be  permitted,  without  the  consent  of  the  person  or  persons 
on  whose  behalf  the  same  shall  have  been  posted,  shall  be  fined, 
upon  conviction,  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not 
more  than  one  hundred  dollar  for  each  offense. 


CITY  LIMITS  AND  WARDS. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 

BOUNDARIES  OF  CITY  AND  WARDS. 

39.  City  Boundaries.]  §  1.  All  that  territory  embraced 
within  the  following  limits,  to-wit:  The  south  half  of  section 
seven,  the  south-west  quarter  of  section  eight,  the  west  half  of 
section  seventeen,  all  of  section  eighteen,  the  north  half  of 
section  nineteen,  and  the  north-west  quarter  of  section  twenty,  in 
town  one  north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian, 
in  Marion  county;  and  that  portion  of  the  south-east  quarter  of 
the  north-east  quarter  of  section  thirteen  which  is  laid  out,  platted 
and  recorded  as  “Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition,  ”  and 
the  tract  of  land  abutting  said  addition  on  the  north  side  thereof, 
being  one  hundred  feet  in  width  and  nineteen  (19)  chains  and 
sixty-eight  and  one-half  (68*4)  links  in  length,  commonly  known 
and  called  Miller  or  Fair  Ground  Avenue,  being  a  portion  of 
said  south-east  quarter  of  the  north-east  quarter,  and  of  the 
north-east  quarter  of  said  north-east  quarter  of  section 
thirteen;  also  that  portion  of  said  north-east  quarter  of  the  north¬ 
east  quarter  of  section  thirteen  which  is  laid  out,  platted  and 
recorded  as  “Kerr’s  Elmwood  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,’’ 
all  in  town  one  north,  range  one  west  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  in  Clinton  comity,  Illinois,  shall  be  and  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  the  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois. 

40.  Extension  of  City  Limits.]  §  2.  The  above  describ¬ 
ed  limits  of  said  city  may  be  extended  from  time  to  time  by  the 
addition  of  land  outside  the  same  and  abutting  thereon  being 
annexed  in  the  manner  provided  by  statute  relative  to  the 
annexing  of  territory  to  cities  and  villages. 

41.  Number  of  Wards.]  §  3.  The  City  of  Centralia  is 
and  shall  be  divided  into  five  wards,  each  of  which  shall  com¬ 
prise  the  territory,  hereinafter  described. 

42.  First  Ward.]  §  4.  The  First  Ward  shall  consist  of  all 
that  territory  which  lies  north  of  Second  North  street,  Noleman 

-street,  and  a  line  extended  parallel  with  Noleman  street  east- 


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wardly  to  the  east  limits  of  said  city,  and  east  of  Poplar  street 
and  its  extension,  and  Lincoln  avenue,  and  a  line  extended 
parallel  with  Lincoln  Avenue  northwardly  to  the  north  limits  of 
said  city. 

43.  Second  Ward.]  §  5.  The  Second  Ward  shall  consist 
of  all  that  territory  which  lies  west  of  Poplar  street  and  its 
extension  and  Lincoln  Avenue  and  a  line  extended  parallel  with 
Lincoln  Avenue  northwardly  to  the  north  limits  of  the  city  and 
north  of  Second  North  street,  and  of  a  line  extended  parallel 
thereto  westwardly  to  the  western  limits  of  said  city. 

44.  Third  Ward.]  §  6.  The  Third  Ward  shall  consist  of 
all  that  territory  which  lies  south  of  Second  North  street  and  its 
extension  to  the  western  limits  of  the  city,  Noleman  street 
and  a  line  parallel  thereto  extending  eastwardly  to  the  east  limits 
of  said  city,  and  north  of  First  South  street  between  the  western 
limits  of  the  city  and  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company’s 
right  of  way,  and  east  of  said  right  of  way  north  of  Second  South 
street,  Frazier  Avenue  and  a  line  extended  eastwardly  parallel 
with  said  Frazier  Avenue  to  the  eastern  limits  of  the  city;  also 
Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition  and  Kerr’s  Elmwood 
Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia. 

45.  Fourth  Ward.]  $  7.  The  Fourth  Ward  shall  consist 
of  all  that  territory  which  lies  south  of  Second  South  street, 
Frazier  Avenue  and  a  line  extended  parallel  therewith  eastwardly 
to  the  east  limits  of  said  city,  east  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
Company’s  right  of  way  between  Second  South  and  Calumet 
streets,  and  east  of  Locust  street  from  Calumet  street  south  to 
Kaskaskia  street  and  east  of  the  east  line  of  Wm.  M.  Anderson’s 
sub-division  from  Kaskaskia  street  south  to  the  city  limits. 

46.  Fifth  Ward.]  §  8.  The  Ffth  Ward  shall  consist  of  all 
that  ^territory  which  lies  west  of  the  Illinois  Central  right  of  way 
and  south  of  First  South  street  to  Calumet  street  and  west  of 
Locust  street  south  from  Calumet  street  to  Kaskaskia,  and  west 
of  the  east  line  of  Wm.  M.  Anderson’s  sub-division  south  from 
Kaskaskia  street  to  the  southern  limits  of  the  citv. 


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CHAPTER  VII. 

BRIDGES. 

47.  Not  to  Lead,  Drive  or  Ride  Faster  than  a  Walk  Over 
Bridges — Penalty.]  §  1.  Whoever  shall  lead,  ride  or  drive 
faster  than  a  walk,  upon  or  over  any  bridge  within  this  city 
owned  or  controlled  in  whole  or  in  part  by  said  city,  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offense;  Provided ,  there  shall  be  posted  on 
such  bridge  a  notice  warning  against  leading,  riding  or  driving 
thereon  faster  than  a  walk;  otherwise  it  shall  be  no  offense. 

48.  Not  to  Collect  in  Crowds  on  Bridges — Penalty.]  §  2. 

It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  persons  to  collect  and  loiter  in  crowds 
where  more  than  three  are  assembled,  upon  any  bridge  within 
said  city.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

49.  Injury  to  Sidewalks  and  Bridges — Penalty.]  §  3. 

If  any  person  shall  purposely  destroy  or  injure  any  sidewalk, 
public  bridge,  culvert,  causeway  or  crossing  in  said  city,  or 
remove  any  of  the  timber,  plank  or  any  portion  thereof,  or 
obstruct  the  same,  he  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

50.  Driving  Steam  Engines  Over  Bridges,  Except,  etc. — 
Penalty.]  §  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  drive' a  steam  engine  over  any  bridge  or  culvert  in  this  city, 
without  using  at  least  two  sound,  strong  planks,  and,  where 
necessary,  four,  each  to  be  not  less  than  twelve  feet  long,  one  foot 
wide,  and  two  inches  thick;  two  of  said  planks  to  be  kept  continu¬ 
ously  under  the  wheels  of  said  engine  while  crossing  said  bridge 
or  culvert.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 

BUILDING,  FIRE  LIMITS  AND  PRECAUTIONS  AGAINST  FIRE. 

51.  Fire  Limits.]  §  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for 
any  person  or  persons  in  said  city  to  erect,,  build  or  place  any 
wooden  building  or  buildings,  upon  any  part  or  parts  of  any  of 
the  following  described  lots  and  blocks  in  the  said  City  of 
Centralia,  to-wit:  Block  19,  Block  20,  Block  21,  Block  28, 
Block  37,  Block  35,  Block  30  and  that  part  of  Block  29  described 
as  follows,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  the  north-east  corner  of  said 
block,  thence  running  west  along  the  north  line  80  feet,  thence 
south  parallel  with  the  east  line  of  said  block  160  feet,  thence  east 
parallel  with  the  said  north  line  80  feet,  thence  north  on  the  said 
east  line  160  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning.  Which  lots  and 
blocks,  together  with  such  other  lots  and  blocks  over  which  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter  may  hereafter  be  extended,  shall  be 
known  and  designated  as  the  1  ‘fire  limits’  ’  of  said  city.  And  every 
person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall,  on 
conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 

52.  Erecting  New  Buildings.]  §  2.  That  no  person 
shall  hereafter  erect  any  new  building,  nor  add  to,  nor  alter  any 
building  already  erected  within  the  fire  limits  of  said  city,  without 
first  having  obtained  a  permit  therefor  in  the  manner  hereinafter 
prescribed:  Provided ,  that  no  permit  shall  be  required  for 
making  ordinary  repairs,  either  external  or  internal,  which  do  not 
increase  the  size  of  such  building  or  alter  its  condition  as  a  fire 
risk. 

53.  Building  Permit.]  §  3.  Any  pe:son  desiring  to 
erect  such  new  building  or  addition,  or  to  alter  or  change  such 
existing  building,  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  an  applica¬ 
tion  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  Mayor,  stating  the  dimensions  of 
such  proposed  building  or  addition,  or,  if  alteration,  the  nature 
and  extent  thereof,  the  lot,  block  and  locality  where  such  build¬ 
ing  is  or  is  to  be  located,  the  general  plan  and  construction,  the 
material  to  be  used  therein,  and  the  purpose  for  which  such  build- 


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ing  is  to  be  used.  If  the  Mayor  shall  find  upon  examination 
that  the  proposed  building,  addition  or  alteration  conforms  to  the 
ordinances  relative  to  the  construction  of  buildings  within  said 
fire  limits,  he  shall  indorse  his  approval  upon  such  application, 
and  the  Clerk  shall  thereupon  issue  a  permit  to  said  applicant 
under  the  seal  of  the  city. 

54.  Penalty.]  §  4.  Any  proprietor,  contractor  or  other 
person  or  persons  who  shall  own,  build  or  aid  in  the  erection  of 
any  building  or  part  of  building,  or  in  the  alteration  of  any  build  - 
.ing  within  the  fire  limits  without  having  procured  a  permit  there¬ 
for  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a 
further  fine  of  ten  dollars  for  every  day  he  or  they  shall  fail  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  above  section,  or  shall 
continue  in  violation  thereof. 

55.  Definition.]  §  5.  The  term  “wooden  building”  used 
in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter  shall  be  understood  to  embrace 
and  mean  all  buildings,  or  additions  to  buildings,  tenements, 
houses,  outhouses,  stables,  sheds  and  structures  of  every 
description,  the  outer  walls  of  which  are  in  whole  or  in  part 
constructed  or  built  of  wood,  whether  the  roofs  of  the  same  shall 
rest  upon  the  walls  thereof,  or  upon  wooden,  iron,  brick  or  stone 
uprights,  posts  or  pillars,  and  that  all  sheds  or  other  structures, 
the  roofs  of  which  shall  be  supported,  directly  or  indirectly,  by 
wooden  posts,  or  other  fixtures,  made  in  whole  or  in  part  of 
wood,  be  the  same  inclosed  or  not,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
within  the  meaning  of  the  term  “wooden  buildings,”  as  used  in 
the  first  section  of  this  chapter:  Provided ,  that  privies,  designed 
and  used  exclusively  as  such,  do  not  come  within  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter. 

56.  Penalty.]  §  6.  Every  person  who  may  be  duly  con¬ 
victed  of  the  erection  or  placing  of  any  wooden  buildings, 
within  the  purview  and  meaning  of  this  chapter,  shall,  within 
five  days  after  such  conviction,  cause  such  wooden  building,  for 
the  erection  or  placing  of  which  he  may  have  been  convicted,  as 
aforesaid,  to  be  removed,  and  on  failure,  neglect  or  refusal  so  to 


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do,  he  shall  be  prosecuted  and  fined  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  wooden  building  shall 
be  suffered  to  remain,  after  the  said  five  days  from  and  after  such 
conviction,  as  aforesaid. 

57.  Removal  of  Building.]  §  7.  When  any  person  shall 
be  convicted  as  aforesaid,  and  such  wooden  building  shall  not  be 
removed  within  the  said  five  days  after  such  conviction,  as 
provided  in  section  six  of  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Mayor  to  issue  to  the  Marshal  of  said  city  a  certificate, 
under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  city,  stating  the  fact  and  the  * 
time  of  said  conviction,  and  designating  the  building  for  which 
said  conviction  may  have  been  had.  Such  certificate  shall  be  a 
sufficient  warrant  to  said  Marshal,  and  it  is  hereby  made  his  duty 
to  cause  such  building  to  be  removed  and  demolished,  and  the 
c:>ds  an!  expenses  thereof  shall  be  recovered  by  action  in 

assumpsit,  in  the  name  of  said  city,  of  and  from  the  person  or 
persons  so  convicted  of  erecting  or  placing  the  same  as  aforesaid. 

58.  Repairs  Prohibited.]  §  8.  No  wooden  building, within 
the  limits  prescribed  in  section  one  of  this  chapter,  which  may 
hereafter  be  damaged  by  fire  or  otherwise  to  the  extent  of  fifty 
per  cent,  or  more  of  the  value  thereof,  shall  be  repaired  or 
rebuilt;  nor  any  such  building,  when  the  damages  are  less  than 
fifty  per  cent,  of  its  value,  shall  be  so  repaired  as  to  be  raised  higher 
than  the  same  was  before  the  damage  shall  have  been  sustained, 
or  so  as  to  occupy  a  greater  space  on  the  ground  than  before  the 
injury  thereto. 

59.  Permission  to  Repair.]  §  9.  The  amount  or  extent 
of  damages  that  may  be  done  to  any  building  shall  be  determined 
by  three  disinterested  persons,  residents  of  said  city,  one  of  whom 
shall  be  selected  by  the  owner  or  agent  of  the  building,  the  second 
by  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  and  the  two  thus  chosen  shall  select  a 
third,  and  the  decision  of  the  persons  so  appointed  shall  be  in 
writing  and  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk.  Any 
person  who  shall  repair  or  rebuild  any  such  building,  without 
ascertaining  the  extent  of  the  damages  to  be  less  than  fifty  per 
cent,  aforesaid,  or  who  shall  repair  or  rebuild  such  building  after 


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the  damages  to  the  same  shall  be  found  to  exceed  the  said  fifty 
per  cent.,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

PRECAUTIONS  AGAINST  FIRE. 

60.  Stove  Pipes.]  §  io.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  person  to  erect  or  use  any  stove  or  stove  pipe  in 
the  City  of  Centralia,  except  in  accordance  with  the  following 
provisions  of  this  chapter:  Every  stove  in  use  shall  be  placed 
upon  a  floor  or  platform  of  bricks  or  zinc,  or  other  incombustible 
material,  of  sufficient  thickness  and  extent  to  prevent  all  danger 
of  fire  to  any  floor  or  wood- work  from  such  stove,  and  all  other 
fire  places  and  hearths  of  every  description  shall  be  kept  in  good 
and  sufficient  repair  to  prevent  any  danger  from  fire.  Stove  pipes 
shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  from  wood  or  other  combustible 
material,  unless  there  is  a  double  circle  of  tin  connected  together, 
and  air  holes  between,  the  connection  and  the  wood  or  other 
combustible  substances.  And  all  horizontal  pipes  or  portions  of 
pipe  not  perpendicular,  shall  be  supported  by  wires,  or  other 
proper  supports,  so  as  to  prevent  all  danger  of  the  falling  of 
such  pipes.  No  stove  pipe  shall  discharge  or  terminate  at  any 
distance  less  than  three  feet  from  the  roof  or  any  other  wood¬ 
work  of  any  building,  so  as  to  endanger  the  same;  nor  into  any 
street  or  alley. 

61.  Examination  of  Buildings.]  §  n.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  Marshal,  chief  and  assistant  engineers 
of  the  fire  department  in  said  city,  to  examine  carefully,  at  all 
times  during  the  year,  every  house,  store,  warehouse,  shop  or 
building,  and  places  for  keeping  and  depositing  ashes,  chips, 
or  shavings,  and  to  remove  and  abate  any  cause  from  which 
immediate  danger  to  fire  may  be  apprehended.  To  cause  all 
buildings,  chimneys,  stoves,  pipes,  hearths,  ovens,  boilers,  ash 
houses,  ash  barrels,  smoke  houses  and  all  fixtures,  things  and 
apparatus  used  in  or  about  every  building,  which  shall  be  found 
in  such  a  condition  as  to  be  considered  unsafe,  to  be,  without 
delay,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  put  in 
such  condition  as  not  to  be  dangerous  in  causing  or  promoting 
fire. 


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62.  Complaint  of  Unsafe  Building.  §  12.  That  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Fire  Department,  upon 

the  complaint  made  to  them  verbally  or  in  writing  by  any  citizen 
of  the  city,  or  at  any  time  upon  their  own  motion,  to  take  with 
them  some  competent  person  and  examine  any  and  all  chimneys, 
stoves,  pipes,  hearths,  ovens  and  boilers  complained  of  or 
thought  by  said  committee  to  be  unsafe,  and  if  found  in  an  unsafe 
condition,  they  shall  forthwith  notify  the  owner  of  the  same,  or 
his  agent,  to  immediately  fix  and  repair  the  same.  If  the 
owner  or  agent  does  not  within  three  days  after  the  service  of 
said  notice  put  said  chimney,  stove,  pipe,  hearth,  oven  or  boiler 
in  a  safe  condition,  the  committee  or  some  member  thereof,  shall 
make  a  complaint  before  the  Police  Magistrate  or  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  of  the  city  against  said  owner  or  agent  so  notified,  for  a  / 
violation  of  this  ordinance,  and  if  upon  trial  of  said  owner  or 
agent,  he  shall  be  found  guilty  of  violating  said  ordinance,  he 
shall,  on  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  eight 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred '  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense;  and  for  every  twenty-four  hours  the  said  owner  or  agent 
shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  put  said  unsafe  chimney,  stove,  pipe, 
hearth,  oven  or  boiler  in  a  good  and  safe  condition,  after  said 
conviction,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  ten  dollars, 

63.  Combustibles.]  §  13.  No  hay,  straw,  or  other 
combustible  material  or  substances  shall  be  placed  or  deposited 
in  said  city  within  forty  feet  of  any  place  where  fire  or  ashes  are 
kept,  unless  the  same  shall  be  kept  in  a  close  and  secure  building. 

*  :  t  •  •  1 

64.  Lights.]  §  14.  No  lighted  candle  or  lamp  shall  be 
used  in  any  stable,  barn,  or  other  place  or  building  where  hay, 
straw  or  other  combustible  material  shall  be  kept,  unless  the  said 
candle  or  lamp  shall  be  secured  in  a  lantern,  nor  shall  any  fire  be 
kept  in  any  store  or  other  place  in  any  such  building  or  room 
where  combustible  material  is  kept,  unless  in  such  manner  as  the 
Chief  Engineer  or  the  City  Marshal,  by  written  permission,  shall 
authorize  and  allow. 

65.  Bonfires.]  §  15.  No  person  shall,  in  any  of  the 
streets,  lanes,  avenues,  alleys  or  public  grounds  of  said  city. 


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make  or  kindle  any  fires,  nor  shall  any  person  make  or  kindle 
any  fire  on  any  private  lots  in  said  city  if  there  be  danger  of  fire 
to  any  buildings  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  same. 

66.  Penalty.]  §  16.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  sections  of  this 
chapter,  where  special  penalty  is  not  provided,  shall,  on 
conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense. 

67.  Officers.]  §  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  and  all 
the  officers  named  in  section  eleven  of  this  chapter  to  see  that  all 
the  provisions  herein  are  complied  with,  and  to  make  complaint 
before  a  Police  Magistrate  for  any  violation  of  the  same. 

68.  False  Alarms.]  §  18.  Whoever,  without  reasonable 
cause,  by  outcry  or  otherwise,  makes  or  circulates,  or  causes  to  be 
circulated,  any  false  alarm  of  fire,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

CEMETERY. 

69.  Boundaries.]  §  1.  That  a  certain  tract  of  land,  being 
a  fractional  part  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  number 
eight,  in  township  number  one  north,  range  number  one  east  of 
the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  in  Marion  County,  Illinois,  said  to 
contain  eight  acres  of  ground,  and  purchased  by  the  City  of 
Centralia  on  the  30th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1869,  of  C.  Floyd  Jones 
and  John  G.  Stevens,  and  a  certain  tract  of  land,  being  a 
fractional  part  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter 
of  said  section,  laid  out  and  platted  on  the  fifth  and  sixth  days  of 
April,  A.  D.  1877,  as  an  extension  of  the  Centralia  Cemetery, 
and  said  to  contain  about  nine  and  one-quarter  acres  of  ground, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  set  apart  and  dedicated  forever  for 
burial  purposes,  and  shall  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of 
the  “Centralia  Cemetery.  ’ ’ 


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70.  Reserved  for  Poor.]  §  2.  That  all  the  lots  in  ranges 
twenty  and  twenty-one,  from  and  inclusive  of  numbers  five  to 
fifty-six,  and  in  range  number  twenty-two  from  number  five  to 
twenty-eight  of  said  cemetery,  shall  be  reserved  for  and 
appropriated  to  the  burial  of  poor  persons  and  strangers  who  may 
not  have  other  grounds  provided  for  them. 

71.  Reserved  for  Soldiers.]  §  3.  That  lots  numbered 
one  and  two,  in  ranges  number  eighteen  and  nineteen  in  said 
cemetery,  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  apart  for  the  burial  of 
soldiers  of  the  United  States  army  or  militia  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  who  may  not  have  other  ground  provided  for  them. 

72.  Sales  for  Single  Graves.]  §  4.  That  all  the  lots, 
from  number  twenty-eight,  in  ranges  number  one  and  twenty-two, 
shall  be  sub-divided  into  lots  of  five  feet  in  width  by  nine  feet  in 
length,  making  two  tiers  of  lots  in  each  of  said  ranges,  which 
shall  be  known  as  the  east  and  west  tiers  of  lots  of  the  respective 
ranges  aforesaid;  said  lots  shall  be  subject  to  sale  as  separate  and 
distinct  lots  for  the  accommodation  of  persons  who  desire  to 
purchase  single  graves;  the  price  fixed  upon  said  lots  shall 
include  the  value  of  the  land  used  and  the  interment  of  corpses. 

73.  Record  of  Interment.]  §  5.  That  a  record  of  the 
following  data  of  each  interment,  to- wit:  full  name  of  deceased, 
date  of  death,  place  of  birth,  place  of  death,  cause  of  death,  age, 
sex,  whether  white  or  colored,  name  and  address  of  attending 
physician,  shall  be  kept  by  the  keeper  of  the  cemetery  records  in 
a  proper  book  provided  for  that  purpose;  the  keeper  of  the  records 
shall  also  procure  a  plat  book  containing  a  plat  of  each  and  every 
one  of  the  lots  in  said  cemetery,  on  a  scale  of  one  quarter  of  an 
inch  to  the  foot,  and  he  shall  accurately  locate  and  trace  upon 
said  plat  book  the  position  and  location  that  each  interment 
occupies,  as  reported  to  him  by  the  City  Sexton,  and  he  shall 
properly  index  said  records. 

74.  Sexton  to  Dig  Graves — Reports  Kept.  ]  §  6.  That 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sexton  to  dig,  without  delay,  all  graves 
in  said  cemetery,  on  application  to  him  being  made  by  the  owner 
or  owners  of  any  lot  or  lots,  or  by  any  other  person  having  the 
right  of  interment  therein,  (said  person  presenting  to  him  satis- 


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factory  proof  of  said  facts);  to  attend  to  every  interment  in  person 
or  by  some  competent  deputy;  to  fill  up  and  neatly  trim  the 
graves,  immediately  after  depositing  coffin;  to  fill  up  and  trim  all 
graves  that  have  or  thereafter  may  settle  or  sink  in.  He  shall  also 
keep  the  alleys,  walks  and  avenues  in  good  order  and  unobstruct¬ 
ed,  so  that  a  free  passage  and  access  can  be  had  to  the  lots;  he 
shall  keep  on  hand  a  reasonable  number  of  blanks  in  the  following 

form:  Name  of  deceased - ,  date  of  death - ,  place  of 

birth  - ,  nativity  of  parents - ,  native,  foreign  born, 

place  of  death - ,  age - ,  years  — ,  months  — ,  days  — , 

single,  married,  widow,  widower,  white,  colored,  male,  female, 

cause  of  death - ,  name  8f  attending  physician  - ,  post 

office  address  - .  He  shall  furnish  any  and  all  persons 

applying  for  the  digging  of  a  grave  one  of  said  blanks  for  each 
and  every  death  and  require  the  return  of  said  blank  properly 
filled  out  as  a  condition  precedent  to  the  burial  of  the  corpse; 
which  report  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

75.  Sexton  to  Make  Returns.]  §  7.  He  shall  make  a 
return  of  said  blanks,  together  with  a  report  of  the  following 
facts,  in  relation  to  each  and  every  interment,  to-wit:  The  name 
of  the  person  interred,  the  number  of  the  lot  and  range,  whether 
east  or  west  tier  of  graves,  the  distance  of  grave  from  the  south 
line  of  lot,  and  the  length  and  breadth  of  grave,  to  the  keeper  of 
the  cemetery  records  at  least  every  thirty  days  and  oftener  if 
requested  so  to  do  by  the  said  keeper  of  said  records. 

76.  Interment  Report  Recorded.]  §  8.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  keeper  of  the  said  records,  immediately  after 
receiving  the  above  mentioned  reports,  to  proceed  to  record  the 
same  as  heretofore  provided  for,  and  to  endorse  upon  said  reports 
the  following  facts,  to-wit:  O11  the  interment  report,  the  page  of 

the  interment  record  upon  which  the  same  is  recorded,  the 
number  of  the  interment,  the  page  of  the  plat  book,  the  name  of 
the  deceased  and  the  date  of  filing;  on  the  report  of  location  of 
graves,  the  pages  of  interment  record,  the  interment  numbers, 
pages  of  plat  book,  the  time  covered  by  the  report  and  date  of 
filing,  and  he  shall  file  said  reports  in  a  convenient  manner  for 
future  reference.  The  said  record  so  kept  shall  be  subject  to  the 
inspection  of  the  City  Council  or  any  person  or  persons  interested 
without  fee. 


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77.  Sales  of  Lots  Strictly  for  Cash.]  §  9.  All  sales  of 
lots  in  said  cemetery  shall  be  strictly  for  cash  in  hand,  and  the 
Mayor  shall  in  no  case  issue  any  order  for  a  deed  to  any  of.  said 
lots  until  the  money  therefor  is  actually  paid  into  his  hands,  nor 
shall  the  Mayor  or  Sexton  in  any  case  permit  or  any  wise  allow 
any  interment  to  be  made  in  or  upon  any  of  said  lots  before  the 
purchaser  of  such  lot  shall  hold  either  an  order  for  a  deed  to  such 
lot  or  the  deed  thereto. 

78.  Proceeds  of  Sale.]  §  10.  The  proceeds  of  all  sales  of 
said  lots  in  said  cemetery  shall  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  set 
apart  and  appropriated  as  a  special^  fund  to  be  used  and  expended 
on  the  said  cemetery  grounds  and  the  same  shall  be  so  kept  by 
the  City  Treasurer. 

79.  Persons  entitled  to  Burial — Poor  Persons.]  §  n. 

No  person  or  persons  shall  be  entitled  to  burial  in  any  of  said 
grounds  set  apart  for  the  burial  of  said  poor  persons  or  strangers 
mentioned  above  until  the  Mayor  shall  be  satisfied  by  proper 
evidence  that  said  person  or  persons  offered  for  interment  t herein 
leaves  no  estate  whatever  wherewith  to  purchase  a  right  of  inte  r¬ 
ment,  and  that  the  relatives  of  said  person  or  persons  are  tco 
poor  to  purchase  the  same;  that  is  to  say,  such  person  or  persons 
so  offered,  and  their  relatives  shall  be  known  to  the  Mayor  to  be 
what  are  known  as  paupers,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sexton 
to  refuse  to  inter  such  person  or  persons  except  upon  the  written 
or  printed  order  of  the  Mayor. 

80.  Transfer  or  Conveyances.]  §  12.  AM  transfers 

or  conveyances  of  lots  in  said  cemetery  from  one  purchaser 
to  another  shall  be  recorded  by  the  City  Clerk,  in  a  book 
provided  for  that  purpose,  and  no  transfer  or  conveyance  shall  be 
valid  until  it  is  so  recorded. 

81.  Sexton  shall  have  Charge  of  Plat,]  §  13.  The  said 
Sexton  shall  have  charge  of  a  plat  of  the  said  cemetery,  and  shall, 
at  the  request  of  any  person  wishing  to  purchase,  point  out 
any  of  the  lots  unoccupied  and  for  sale,  and  upon  a  selection 
being  made  such  person  shall  apply  to  the  Mayor  of  said  city, 
who  is  hereby  authorized  to  sell  the  same  at  such  prices  as  the 
City  Council  may  deem  just.  Upon  the  sale  of  any  lot,  the 


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Mayor  shall  notify  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  prepare  a  deed  for 

the  same,  to  be  executed  by  the  Mayor  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and 
attested  by  the  City  Clerk  under  the  seal  of  the  city;  and  the  City 
Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  lots  sold  under  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance.  He  shall  have  the  same  marked  on  the  plats  in 
possession  of  the  City  Clerk  and  the  City  Sexton.  The  Mayor 
shall  receive  all  moneys  due  the  city  on  account  of  the  cemetery, 
and  pay  the  same  over  to  the  City  Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt 
therefor,  and  shall  make  a  report  of  the  same  to  the  City  Council 
at  its  next  regular  meeting.  The  City  Clerk  shall  be  entitled  to 
receive  one  dollar  for  each  dee^l  or  transfer  executed  under  the 
provision  of  this  ordinance. 

82.  Interring  Bodies  without  Permission.]  §  14.  That  if 
any  person  or  persons  shall  dig  or  make  any  grave  or  inter  any 
dead  body  in  said  cemetery  without  the  permission  or  under  the 
direction  of  the  Sexton,  he  or  they  so  offending  shall,  on  convic¬ 
tion,  forfeit  and  pay  to  said  city  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense:  Provided ,  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  any  purchaser  or  owner  of 
any  lot  or  lots  for  bringing  suit  in  his  own  name  for  any  trespass 
committed  thereon. 

83.  Interments  Five  Feet  Deep.]  §  15.  All  interments 
shall  be  made  at  least  five  feet  deep,  and  the  grave  dug  at  least 
four  and  a  half  inches  within  the  line  of  the  lots;  and  all  fencing, 
vaults  or  ornaments,  that  may  be  erected  by  individuals  on  their 
lots,  shall  be  so  erected  so  as  not  to  obstruct  or  interfere  with  any 
of  the  adjoining  lots,  nor  any  of  the  alleys,  walks  or  avenues,  or 
the  access  to  any  of  them,  and  every  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  not  less 
than  eight  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
offense. 

84.  No  Person  Permitted  to  Open  any  Grave.]  §  16. 

That  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  open  or  cause  to  be  opened 
any  grave,  or  take  up  or  remove,  or  cause  to  be  taken  up  or 
removed,  any  body  interred  in  said  cemetery,  without  leave  from 
the  Mayor  of  said  city,  and  under  the  superintendence  of  the  said 


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Sexton;  and  the  person  on  whose  premises,  or  in  whose  house, 
office  or  possession,  any  such  body  may  be  found,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  taking  up  and  removing  the  same;  and  every 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  convic¬ 
tion,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

85.  No  Person  shall  Play  within  the  Inclosure.]  §  17. 

No  person  or  persons  shall  play  within  the  inclosure  of  said 
cemetery  at  any  game  of  any  sort  or  description  whatever,  or 
shall  cut,  mark,  write  upon,  or  in  any  manner  injure  or  deface 
any  tree,  evergreen,  shrub,  grave-stone,  tablet,  tomb  or  monu¬ 
ment  on  said  ground,  or  shall  in  any  manner  cut,  disfigure  or 
injure  the  main  fence  or  any  of  the  inclosures  within  or  around 
said  cemetery,  and  every  person  so  offending  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 

86.  Cemetery  Ground  at  all  Times  Accessible.]  §  18. 

The  cemetery  ground  shall  at  all  times  be  accessible  to  the  public 
and  all  persons  who  may  desire  to  improve  any  lot  therein,  or 
erect  any  monument  or  stone  upon  the  same,  shall  have  free 
access  thereto:  Provided ,  That  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to 
frequent  or  loiter  in  said  cemetery  after  eight  o’clock  P.  M. 

87.  Owner  of  Lot  Allowed  to  Plant  Trees.]  §  19.  No 

person  or  owner  of  any  loi  shall  be  allowed  to  plant  more  than 
four  trees  on  any  one  lot,  nor  shall  any  hedges  be  allowed  to 
attain  a  height  of  more  than  two  and  one-half  feet;  and  for  every 
violation  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
eight  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

88.  Report  of  Sexton.]  §  20.  The  said  Sexton  shall,  at 
or  before  the  last  meeting  of  the  City  Council  in  each  municipal 
year,  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  City  Clerk  a  full  and  correct 
report  of  the  transactions  of  his  office  during  the  previous  year. 

89.  Clerk  Custodian  of  Records.]  §  21.  That  the  City 
Clerk  shall  be  the  custodian  and  keeper  of  the  interment  records 
of  the  Centralia  Cemetery. 


REWARD  FOR  DOGS. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

DOGS. . 

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90.  Register  of.]  §  1.  Kvery  owner  or  keeper  of  any 
dog  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
first  day  of  May  in  each  year,  apply  and  pay  to  the  Pound  Keeper 
the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  male  dog,  and  the  sum  of  two 
dollars  for  every  female  dog  owned  or  possessed  by  him;  and 
thereupon  the  said  Pound  Keeper  shall  enter  the  name  and 
residence  of  such  owner  or  keeper,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him 
for  that  purpose,  and  shall  deliver  to  the  person  so  applying  a 
metallic  tag  or  check,  upon  which  shall  be  stamped  the  letter  “R” 
and  the  year  when  issued,  which  check  shall  be  securely  attached 
by  the  owner  to  the  collar  of  his  dog. 

91.  Running  at  Large.]  §  2.  All  dogs  running  at  large 
in  said  city,  without  having  a  collar  around  their  neck,  with  a 
metallic  badge  described  in  the  preceding  section  attached  thereto, 
are  hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Pound  Keeper,  City  Marshal  and  all  police  in  said  city  to  take 
up  any  dog  so  running  at  large  without  such  tag  or  check,  and 
place  the  same  in  the  dog  pound  to  be  provided  by  the  Pound 
Keeper  at  the  expense  of  the  city  for  that  purpose;  which  dog 
shall  be  kept  in  said  pound  for  twenty-four  hours,  during  which 
time  the  Pound  Keeper  shall  supply  the  same  with  necessary  food 
and  water,  and  the  owner  or  person  entitled  to  possession  of  said 
dog,  so  impounded,  may  have  the  same  released  by  paying  the  sum 
of  one  dollar  in  addition  to  the  cost  of  registering  the  same  and 
procuring  a  tag  therefor,  which  shall  be  obtained  before  the  same 
is  released.  All  dogs  impounded,  if  not  released  within  twenty- 
four  hours  as  herein  specified,  shall  be  removed  by  the  Pound 
Keeper  or  some  one  appointed  by  him,  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
city  and  destroyed. 

92.  Reward  for  Dogs.]  §  3.  The  Pound  Keeper  is 
hereby  authorized  to  offer  a  reward  of  fifty  cents  for  every  dog 
taken  up  within  said  city  and  delivered  to  him  alive,  to  be  paid 
from  fees  collected  as  aforesaid. 


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93.  Wrongfully  Impounding,  etc. — Penalty.]  §  4.  Any 

person  who  shall  remove  a  metallic  tag  or  check  from  any  dog, 
for  the  purpose  of  causing  such  dog  to  be  impounded;  or,  who 
shall  cause  any  dog  to  be  impounded,  knowing  that  such  metal¬ 
lic  tag  or  check  has  been  removed  from  such  dog  for  the  purpose 
of  having  it  impounded,  or  without  the  knowledge  or  consent  of 
the  owner  or  keeper  thereof;  or,  any  person  who  shall  bring  any 
dog  into  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  causing  the  same  to  be 
impounded;  or,  any  person  who  shall  resist,  hinder  or  molest  the 
said  Pound  Keeper  or  Marshal,  orany  police  officer  while  engaged 
in  the  discharge  of  the  duty  herein  enjoined  upon  them;  or  any 
person  who  shall  break  open  the  dog  pound  or  release  or  deliver 
any  dog  therefrom,  without  having  first  paid  the  fees  herein  spec¬ 
ified,  shall,  upon  conviction  of  any  one  of  the  several  offenses 
herein  enumerated,  be  fined  for  each  offense  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

94.  Reports  of  Pound  Keeper.]  §  5.  Said  Pound  Keeper 

shall  report  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  each  month  in  writing  to  the 
City  Council  the  number  of  dogs  registered,  the  names  of  the 
owners,  and  the  amount  of  fees  taken  in  therefor,  also  the  number 
of  dogs  impounded,  the  number  redeemed,  the  name  of  the  party 
redeeming  them  and  the  amount  of  fees  derived  therefrom;  also 
the  number  of  dogs  removed  or  destroyed  under  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter.  And  the  said  Pound  Keeper  shall  also  pay  over 
to  the  City  Treasurer  all  surplus  in  his  hands  after  deducting  his 
fees,  which  shall  be  as  follows:  Fifty  cents  for  each  dog 

registered  and  tag  issued,  and  fifty  cents  for  each  dog  impounded, 
provided  said  dog  shall  be  redeemed  and  the  impounding  fee  paid 
therefor,  and  fifty  cents  for  each  dog  removed  from  the  pound 
outside  the  city  limits  and  destroyed  by  the  Pound  Keeper  as 
herein  provided;  also  the  amount  paid  out  as  rewards  for  dogs 
brought  to  the  pound  as  herein  provided,  and  the  said  Pound 
Keeper  shall,  in  his  monthly  report  to  the  Council,  include 
an  itemized  account  or  statement  of  such  fees  so  retained  by  him. 

95.  Hydrophobia.]  §  6.  .  Whenever  danger  from  hydro¬ 
phobia  shall  be  deemed  to  exist  in  said  city,  the  Mayor  may,  by 
proclamation  or  notice  published  in  some  newspaper  of  general 


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circulation  in  said  city,,  notify  and  require  all  owners  and  persons 
keeping  dogs  in  said  city  to  confine  the  same,  or  securely  muzzle 
the  same  for  such  time  as  may  be  designated  in  such  proclamation 
or  notice,  or  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  City  Council.  All 
dogs  found  running  at  large  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  during  the  time  in  said  proclamation  or  notice  specified, 
shall  be  killed  by  or  under  the  directions  of  the  Pound  Keeper  or 
City  Marshal,  or  any  person  designated  by  either  of  them,  and 
removed  from  the  city,  and  for  every  dog  so  killed  and  removed 
the  officer  or  person  appointed  by  him  shall  be  allowed  the  fee  of 
one  dollar  for  the  same. 

96.  Vicious  Dogs.]  §  7.  If  any  owner  or  possessor  of  a 
fierce  or  dangerous  dog  shall  permit  the  same  to  go  at  large  in 
the  city,  whether  registered  or  not,  to  the  danger  and  annoyance 
of  the  inhabitants,  he  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifteen  dollars,  and  upon  second  conviction  the  City 
Marshal  shall  cause  the  dog,  on  account  of  which  the  conviction 
was  had,  to  be  slain  and  buried. 

97.  Destruction  of  Biting  Dogs.]  §  8.  Whenever  affida¬ 
vit  shall  be  made  before  a  Magistrate  or  Justice  in  said  city 
that  any  dog  has  bitten  a  person  in  said  city,  and  that 
the  person  so  bitten  was  not  at  the  time  tresspassing  upon  the 
person  or  property  of  the  owner  or  possessor  of  said  dog,  and  had 
not  in  any  way  wrongly  attacked  or  provoked  said  dog,  the 
Magistrate  or  Justice  shall  issue  an  order  directing  the  owner  or 
possessor  of  said  dog  to  kill  the  same  within  twenty-four  hours 
thereafter,  which  order  shall  be  served  by  the  City  Marshal;  and 
the  owner  or  possessor  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  kill  such 
dog  within  twenty-four  hours  from  the  service  of  such  order  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifteen  dollars, 
and  a  further  sum  of  two  dollars  for  every  day  thereafter.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  or  police  officers  to  kill  said  dog 
whenever  it  shall  be  found  at  large  in  the  city  after  the  first 
twenty-four  hours  have  elapsed. 

98.  Female  Dog  in  Heat.]  §  9.  Any  owner  or  keeper  of 
any  bitch  or  female  dog,  who  shall  knowingly  suffer  or  permit 
the  same  to  run  at  large. while  in  heat,  whether  registered  or  not, 


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shall  upon  conviction  be  fined  noi.  less  than  five  nor  more  than 
fifteen  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  such  female  dog  may  be  killed 
by  the  Marshal  or  police  of  said  city  whenever  found  running  a^ 
large  on  the  streets  of  said  city  while  so  in  heat. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

DRAM  SHOPS. 

99.  Definition.]  §  1.  A  dram  shop  is  a  place  where 

spiritus,  vinous  or  malt  liquors  are  retailed  by  less  quantities  than 
one  gallon,  and  intoxicating  liquors  shall  be  deemed  to  include 
all  such  liquors  within  the  meaning  of  this  chapter. 

100.  Shall  not  Sell  without  License.]  §  2.  Whoever, 
not  having  a  license  to  keep  a  dram  shop,  shall,  by  himself  or 
another,  either  as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  directly  or  indirectly, 
sell  any  intoxicating  liquor  in  any  quantity  less  than  one  gallon, 
or  in  any  quantity  to  be  drank  upon  the  premises,  or  in  or  upon 
any  adjacent  room,  building,  yard,  premises  or  place  of  public 
resort,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars:  Provided ,  that  druggists,  or  persons  whose 
chief  business  it  is  to  sell  drugs  and  medicines,  shall  not  be  deemed 
to  be  within  the  provisions  hereof,  in  selling  any  of  said  liquors 
in  quantities  less  than  as  aforesaid  for  purposes  purely  medicinal, 
mechanical  or  sacramental:  Provided ,  that  any  druggist  desiring 
to  avail  himself  of  the  above  provisions  shall  first  obtain  a  license 
so  to  do  for  which  he  shall  pay  the  sum  of  two  dollars  per  annum 
in  advance:  no  druggist  license  to  be  issued  for  such  purpose 
for  a  less  period  than  one  year,  and  said  license  may  be  revoked 
by  the  City  Council  for  good  and  sufficient  cause. 

101.  Hours  when  shall  not  Keep  Open.]  §  3.  That  any 
person  who  may  obtain  a  license,  or  who  shall  have  heretofore 
obtained  a  license  from  said  city  to  keep  a  dram  shop,  shall  not, 
by  himself  or  another,  either  as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  be 
permitted  to  keep  his  dram  shop  open  or  accessible  from  eleven 
o'clock  p.  m.  on  each  and  every  Saturday  until  four  o’clock 


DRAM  SHOP  LICENSE.  113 

a.  m.  on  each  and  every  next  succeeding  Monday,  nor  suffer  or 
permit  any  person  or  persons  other  than  the  proprietor  to  frequent 
the  same  between  said  hours,  or  drink  any  of  said  liquors  whether 
they  pay  for  the  same  or  not;  nor  shall  any  person  licensed  to 

keep  a  dram  shop  under  this  chapter  by  himself  or  another, 
either  as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  be  permitted  to  keep  his 
dram  shop  open  or  accessible,  nor  shall  he  suffer  or  permit  any 
person  or  persons  other  than  the  proprietor,  clerk  or  servant,  to 
be  or  reman n  in  said  dram  shop  between  eleven  o’clock  p.  m.  and 
four  o’clock  a.  m .,  during  the  rest  of  the  week;  nor  shall  any 
person  licensed  to  keep  a  dram  shop  under  this  chapter,  by 
himself,  or  another,  either  as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  suffer  or 
permit  any  gambling,  or  riotous,  disorderly,  indecent  or  offensive 
conduct  of  any  kind  whatever  to  be  practiced  in  or  about  such 
dram  shop,  nor  shall  it  be  lawful  for  any  person  licensed  under 
this  chapter,  by  himself  or  another,  either  as  principal,  clerk  or 
servant,  to  sell  or  give  intoxicating  liquors  to  any  minor  without 
the  written  order  of  his  parent,  guardian  or  family  physician, 
(such  order  shall  only  be  good  for  the  day  of  the  date  thereof),  or 
to  any  person  intoxicated,  or  who  is  in  the  habit  of  getting 
intoxicated,  nor  to  suffer  any  minor,  or  any  person  intoxicated, 
or  who  is  in  the  habit  of  getting  intoxicated,  to  drink  any  of  said 
liquor  in  or  about  his  dram  shop  nor  to  permit  any  minor,  any 
person  intoxicated  or  who  is  in  the  habit  of  getting  intoxicated, 
to  frequent,  remain  at,  be  harbored  about,  or  to  play  at  any  game 
whatever  in  or  about  such  dram  shop,  nor  shall  it  be  lawful  for 
any  person  licensed  under  this  chapter,  by  himself  or  another, 
either  as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  to  permit  any  card  playing 
or  gaming  by  means  of  cards,  dice,  dominoes  or  other  article  or 
thing  of  luck,  or  chance,  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing,  in  or 
about  any  such  dram  shop;  and  every  person  convicted  of  an}"  of 
the  offenses  enumerated  in  this  section,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  every 
offense. 

102.  License  may  be  Granted.]  §  4.  License  may  be 
granted  to  keep  a  dram  shop  under  this  chapter  under  the 
following  terms  and  conditions. 


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i.  Fora  dram  shop  license  at  the  rate  of  five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  in  advance.  For  a  license  to  sell  malt  liquors 
at  the  rate  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  in 
advance.  No  person  shall  be  licensed  to  keep  a  dram  shop 
at  more  than  one  place  at  the  same  time. 

103.  License  May  be  Revoked.]  §  5.  Any  dram  shop 
license  granted  may  be  revoked  by  the  Mayor  whenever  the 
person  licensed  has  been  convicted  of  violating  any  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter,  or  of  keeping  a  disorderly  or  ill-governed  house, 
or  place  of  resort  for  idle  or  dissolute  persons,  or  of  allowing  any 
illegal  gaming  in  his  dram  shop  or  in  any  house  or  place 
adjacent  thereto. 

104.  Halt  LiquorsOnly.]  j§  6.  Any  person  having  a  license 
to  sell  malt  liquors  only,  who  shall  by  himself  or  another,  either 
as  principal,  clerk  or  servant,  directly  or  indirectly,  sell  or  give 
away  any  intoxicating  liquors,  other  than  malt  liquors  in  a  less 
quantity  than  one  gallon,  or  in  any  quantity  to  be  drank  upon 
the  premises,  or  in  or  upon  any  adjacent  room,  building,  yard  or 
place  of  public  resort,  shall  for  each  offense  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  A  conviction 
under  this  section  shall  forfeit  the  license  held  by  the  defendant, 
and  the  court  rendering  judgment  upon  such  conviction,  shall  in 
such  judgment  declare  a  forfeiture  of  such  license. 

105.  Giving  Away  Prohibited.]  §  7.  The  giving  away 
of  intoxicating  liquors  or  other  shift  or  device,  to  evade  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  held  to  be  an  unlawful  .selling, 
and  shall  subject  the  offender  to  the  same  penalties  as  are 
provided  in  section  two  of  this  chapter. 

106.  To  be  Governed  by  Ordinances.]  $  8.  All  persons 

taking  out  license  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  and  be 
governed  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city  now  in  force,  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  passed,  in  relation  to  any  of  said  licenses,  or  to  the 
business  connected  therewith,  and  no  person  shall  be  deemed  to 
be  duly  licensed  to  keep  a  dram  shop  under  this  ordinance  unless 
he  has  paid  the  amount  charged  for  the  same,  duly  .  executed  a 
bond  as  required,  and  unless  the  license  has  been  actually  issued 
and  delivered  to  him. 


clerk’s  duty. 


115 

107.  May  be  Closed  by  Proclamation. — The  flayor  May 

Issue.]  §  9.  I11  all  cases  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Mayor 

or  the  City  Council,  the  public  peace  is  likely  to  be  endangered  by 
the  keeping  open  of  dram  shops,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Mayor 
to  issue  his  proclamation,  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  commanding 
and  enjoining  all  persons  licensed  by  said  city  to  keep  a  dram 
shop,  and  their  servants  and  agents,  to  close  their  shops  and 
places  of  business  for  teuch  time  as  the  said  Mayor  or  City  Council 
may  deem  necessary,  and  neither  to  sell,  give  away,  nor  suffer  to 
be  drunk,  any  of  said  liquors  in  or  about  their  premises  during 
the  time  mentioned  in  said  proclamation,  and  if  any  person  shall 
disobey  said  proclamation  by  keeping  open,  or  permitting  to  be 
kept  open,  or  accessible,  his  dram  shop,  or  by  selling,  giving 
away,  or  suffering  to  be  drank,  in  or  about  his  premises,  any  of 
said  liquors,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

108.  Officers  to  Enter.]  §  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Mayor  and  City  Marshal  to  be  active  and  vigilant  in  enforcing 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  all  persons  licensed  to  keep 
a  dram  shop,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  required  to  permit  the  Mayor 
or  any  police  officer  of  said  city  to  enter  their  premises  at  any 
time  such  Mayor  or  officer  may  deem  proper  in  the  discharge  of 
any  duty  imposed  upon  him  by  the  laws  of  the  State  or  the 
ordinances  of  said  city,  and  if  any  person  licensed  to  keep  a  dram 
shop,  as  aforesaid,  shall  refuse  to  permit  the  Mayor  or  any  police 
officer  to  enter  upon  his  premises  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  on  convic¬ 
tion,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  offense. 

109.  Clerk’s  Duty.]  §11.  It  .shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Clerk  to  report  to  each  regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council  the 
names  of  all  persons  whose  license  have  expired,  and  where  the 
same  have  not  been  renewed. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 

DRAYS.  WAGONS,  CARTS  AND  OTHER  VEHICLES- 

iio.  License/  ?  i.  That  any  person  who  shall  either 
directly  or  indirectly  use  for  hire  in  the  transportation  of  any  person 
or  persons  or  any  article  of  personal  property  whatever,  any 
wagon,  cart.  dray.  hack,  or  other  vehicle,  within  the  limits  of 
said  city  shall  pay  for  a  license  so  to  do  ten  dollars  per  annum. 
License  under  this  section  may  be  granted  bv  the  day  at  the  rate 
of  one  dollar  per  day.  That  the  above  shall  apply  and  be 
construed  :o  apply  to  any  person  or  persons  who  shall,  either 
directly  or  indirectly  use  for  hire  any  wagon  cart  dray .  or  other 
vehicle  within  this  city,  or  on  the  streets  of  this  city  in  the  trans¬ 
portation  of  persons  or  property  from  one  part  of  the  city  to 
another:  Prcridtd.  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  livery 
men  in  the  regular  pursuit  of  their  ordinary  livery  stab  le  business 

in.  Evasion — Penalty/  ?  r-  The  hiring  of  the  owner 
or  driver  of  any  said  vehicle  to  work  by  the  cay  or  job.  and  the  use 
of  said  vehicle  and  team  thereupon  gratuituonsl y  furnished  by 
said  owner  or  driver  or  the  hiring  of  said  vehicles  by  the  day  or 
any  other  shift  or  device  to  evade  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
shall  be  held  unlawful.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate 
this  section  or  the  preceding  -ration  shall  he  subject  to  a  fire  of 
not  less  than  five  dollar-  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
otien.se. 

1 12.  Rates  to  be  Charged/  ?  All  persons  licensed 
under  this  chapter  shall  not  charge  more  than  twenty-five  cents 
for  each  passenger  nor  more  than  fifty  cents  per  load  far  two 
horse  wagons  or  vehicles  n  >r  more  than  twenty-five  cents  per  load 
for  one  horse  vehicles  for  any  distance  within  the  city  limits,  nor 
more  than  three  dollars  per  day  for  any  -nth  vehicle  when 
employed  by  the  day  in  said  city. 

1 13.  Stands  for  Vehicles.  ?  4.  Tae  Council  shad  from 
time  to  time  by  resolution  duly  passed  designate  such  places  in 
each  ward  as  they  may  deem  proper  at  which  wagons  carts  irays 
hack-  and  ther  vehicles  license']  under  this  chapter  -hall  stand 


TRANSFER  OF  LICENSE. 


1 17 


while  waiting  for  employment  and  while  not  employed,  and  any 
owner  or  driver  who  shall  stand  with  his  vehicle  while  waitingfor 
employment  at  any  other  place  or  places  than  those  so  designated 
by  the  Council,  or  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  stand  at  such 
places  with  his  vehicle  while  waiting  for  employment,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

1 14.  Refusing  to  Carry — Over  Charging.]  §  5.  That 
every  owner  or  driver  of  any  vehicle  licensed  under  this  chapter 
who  shall  refuse  to  carry  any  article  of  personal  property,  or  any 
person  or  persons,  when  applied  to  for  that  purpose,  his  proper 
charges  being  tendered,  and  he  being  at  such  time  unemployed; 
or  having  undertaken  to  convey  such  person  or  property  shall 
neglect  or  omit  to  do  so;  or  whenever  such  owner  or  driver  shall 
charge  for  the  services  of  himself  and  vehicle  a  greater  price  than 
is  provided  for  such  services  by  this  chapter  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

1 15.  Numbering  Vehicles — Transfer  of  License.]  §  6. 

Every  owner  or  driver  of  a  vehicle  licensed  under  this  chapter 
shall  have  the  number  of  his  license  conspicuously  painted  upon 
his  vehicle,  which  number  shall  be  erased  when  such  license 
shall  expire.  No  license  issued  under  this  chapter  shall  be 
transferred,  except  upon  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  the  City 
Clerk  endorsed  thereon,  and  the  payment  to  the  Clerk  of  a  trans¬ 
fer  fee  of  fifty  cents;  and  the  Clerk  shall  keep  a  record  of  all 
transfers.  A  violation  of  this' section  shall  subject  the  offender 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XIII. 


ELECTIONS. 

116.  Notifying  and  Calling  of  Elections.]  §  i.  The 

notifying  and  calling  of  all  elections,  both  general  and  special, 
designating  the  times  and  places  of  holding  the  same,  appoint¬ 
ing  the  judges  and  clerks  of  elections,  and  the  manner  of 
conducting  and  voting  at  the  same  shall  be  in  conformity 
to  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  in 
such  cases  made  and  provided. 

1 17.  The  City  Clerk  shall  Purchase.]  §  2.  The  City 
Clerk  shall  purchase  and  provide,  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  the 
necessary  booths  and  the  supplies  and  conveniencies  for  the 
same,  including  shelves,  pens,  penholders,  ink,  blotters  and 
pencils,  ballot  boxes,  blanks  and  tally  sheets,  for  each  ward  or 
voting  place;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  at  the  expense  of  the  city, 
to  prepare  and  place  in  proper  position  such  booths,  and  properly 
arrange  and  prepare  such  voting  place  at  least  one  day  previous 
to  the  holding  of  any  such  election.  The  City  Clerk  shall,  also, 
at  the  same  times  and  places  that  he  is  required  by  law  to  deliver 
the  ballots  for  such  election  to  the  judges  thereof,  deliver  such 
ballot  boxes,  tally  sheets,  blanks  and  supplies  to  the  judges  of 
said  election. 

1 18.  Ballot  Box  to  be  Examined.]  §  3.  Before  any  ballot 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  ballot  box,  the  ballot  box  shall  be 
opened  and  publicly  exhibited,  and  the  judges  and  clerks  shall 
see  that  there  is  no  ballot  in  such  box;  after  which  the  box  shall 
be  locked  and  the  key  delivered  to  one  of  the  judges,  and  shall 
not  be  again  opened  until  the  close  of  the  polls. 

119.  The  City  Council  shall  Canvass  Returns.]  §  4. 
Immediately  upon  the  receipt  by  the  City  Clerk  of  the  certified 
returns  of  the  election  he  shall  notify  the  Mayor  and  the 
members  of  the  City  Council  to  meet  at  the  usual  place  of 
meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  at  the  usual  hour  of  holding 
their  stated  meetings,  not  later  than  three  days  after  the  receipt 
of  the  certified  returns  of  such  election,  at  which  meeting  the 

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judges’  and  clerks’  salary.  I  19 

City  Clerk  shall  lay  before  the  Council  the  certified  returns 
aforesaid;  whereupon  the  City  Council  shall  at  once  proceed  to 
examine  and  canvass  the  same,  declare  the  result  of  such 
election,. and  cause  a  statement  thereof  to  be  entered  upon  its 
journal. 

120.  City  Council  to  Decide  Ties.]  §  5.  Whenever  it 
shall  be  ascertained  that  there  is  an  equal  number  of  votes  given 
to  two  or  more  persons  at  any  election  for  the  same  office,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council  at  the  special  meeting  aforesaid, 
to  place  in  a  box  or  some  convenient  receptacle,  as  many  ballots  as 
there  are  persons  having  an  equal  number  of  votes  for  the  same 
office,  and  on  one  only  of  the  ballots  shall  be  written  the  name  or 
style  of  the  office  for  which  such  persons  were  voted  for. 
From  which  box  or  other  receptacle  such  persons  so  having  an 
equal  number  of  votes  shall  draw  one  ballot,  and  the  person 
drawing  the  ballot  on  which  the  name  or  style  of  the  office  is 
written  shall  be  declared  to  be  elected. 

121.  The  Council  shall  Appoint.]  §  6.  In  case  any  such 
person  or  persons  are  absent  or  refuse  to  draw  a  ballot,  as  afore¬ 
said,  the  City  Council  shall  appoint  some  one  to  draw  the  ballot  or 
ballots  for  such  candidate,  and  it  shall  have  all  the  effect  as  if  the 
candidate  had  drawn  the  ballot  himself. 

122.  When  Officers  shall  Assume  the  Duties  of  Their 
Offices.]  §  7.  The  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  all  other  officers 
elected  at  any  annual  election  shall  not  assume  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices  until  the  first  regular  session  of  City  Council  in 
May  following  the  said  election;  and  the  outgoing  Mayor,  Aider- 
men  and  other  officers  shall  continue  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
their  respective  offices  until  said  meeting  and  thereafter  until 
their  successors  are  respectively  elected  and  qualified. 

123.  Judges  and  Clerks  to  be  Paid.]  §  8.  Judges  and 
clerks  while  acting  at  the  election,  shall  be  paid  each  the  sum  of 
two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  for  each  day  they  may  actually  be 
engaged  in  holding  and  conducting  any  election. 

124.  Obstructing  Polls — Penalty.]  §  9.  If  any  person 
shall  obstruct  the  poll  or  polls,  block  up  any  window  or  place 
where  ballots  are  being  received  at  any  election  in  this  city,  and* 


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on  request  of  any  of  the  judges  holding  said  election,  refuse  to 
disperse  and  give  way,  or  shall  unlawfully  interfere  with  the  ballots, 
ballot  box,  poll  books,  tally-sheets  or  returns  of  any  such  election 
or  shall  be  guilty  of  any  disorderly  or  offensive  conduct  towards 
the  judges  or  other  persons  in  attendance  at  or  near  the  polls,  he 
shall,  on  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  and  every  offense 
any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 

125.  Not  to  Carry  Away  any  Ballot  Box,  etc.]  §  10. 

Whoever  shall  unlawfully  carry  away  any  ballot  box,  ballots 
poll -books  or  tally-sheets  at  any  election  held  in  and  for  this 
city  or  whoever  shall  seize  or  attempt  to  seize  any  ballot  box, 
ballots,  poll-book,  or  tally-sheet  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the 
sanfe  off  by  force,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  on  conviction  thereof 
for  each  offense  the  sum  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars 
and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

EXPLOSIVES  AND  INFLAMABLES. 

126.  Large  Quantities  of  Gunpowder.]  §  1.  That  no 
person  shall  keep  or  store  any  gunpowder  or  other  explosives  in 
any  house,  store,  warehouse  or  other  place  within  the  cor¬ 
porate  limits  of  said  city,  under  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars 
for  every  offense,  unless  the  same  is  stored  in  a  fire  proof  maga¬ 
zine  to  be  located,  approved  and  licensed  by  the  Mayor  and  City 
Council:  Provided ,  that  this  section  shall  not  be  deemed  appli¬ 
cable  to  retailers  of  gunpowder. 

127.  Retailers  of  Gunpowder.]  §  2.  No  retailers  of 
gunpowder,  dynamite  or  other  like  explosives  shall  keep  or  store 
any  quantity  thereof  greater  than  twenty-five  pounds  weight  in 
any  store,  house,  shop  or  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city,  except  in  the  magazine  aforesaid:  Provided ,  also ,  that 
said  quantity  of  twenty-five  pounds  weight  shall  be  kept  in  close 


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NO  EXPLOSIVES  ON  SIDEWALK. 

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tin  or  copper  cannisters  containing  not  over  five  pounds  each,  to 
be  labelled  “dynamite”  or  “powder,”  and  kept  in  a  conspicuous 
place;  and  no  such  retailer  of  gunpowder  shall  be  permitted  to 
sell,  retail  or  giveaway  the  same  in  said  city  after  candle  light¬ 
ing  in  the  evening.  Every  person  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  eight 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

128.  Search  for  Explosives.]  §  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Mayor,  when  complaint  is  made  to  him  by  any  city  officer, 
or  upon  the  affidavit  of  any  citizen,  stating  there  is  probable 
cause  to  suspect  any  person  of  keeping  or  concealing  any  gun¬ 
powder  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  to  take  with 
him  the  City  Marshal  or  any  police  officer,  and  search  and 
examine  any  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  to 
ascertain  the  truth  of  such  allegation  or  suspicion,  and  if  it  be 
found,  on  examination  of  any  premises,  as  aforesaid,  that  gun¬ 
powder  is  therein  concealed  the  offender  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  a  further  sum  of  one  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  that  said  gunpowder 
shall  remain  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  after  one 
day’s  verbal  or  written  notice  has  been  given  by  the  Mayor  or 
City  Marshal  to  remove  the  same. 

129.  Amount  of  Oils  Permitted  Kept.]  §  4.  No  person’ 
persons  or  corporation  shall  keep  or  store  within  the  City  of 
Centralia  any  gasoline,  benzine,  coal  oil,  petroleum  or  any  of  its 
products  in  any  greater  quantity  in  any  one  building  than  two 
barrels  or  tanks  of  fifty  gallons  each,  without  first  obtaining  a 
permit  as  hereinafter  required. 

130.  Not  to  be  Stored  on  Sidewalks  or  Out  Buildings.]  § 

5.  No  gasoline,  coal  oil,  petroleum  or  any  of  its  products  shall 
be  kept  or  stored  in  front  of  any  building,  nor  on  any  street , 
alley,  sidewalk  or  in  any  lot  or  exposed  place  for  a  longer  space 
than  is  necessary  to  receive  in  store  or  deliver  the  same,  and  in  no 
instance  to  exceed  twenty-four  hours,  nor  in  any  wooded  shed  or 
outbuildings,  nor  in  any  shed  of  brick  or  stone  or  other  place, 
unless  the  same  is  kept  under  lock  and  key,  and  where  the  same 
is  not  accessible  to  children,  tramps  and  vagrants. 


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131.  Empty  Barrels.]  §  6.  No  person,  persons  or  cor¬ 
poration  shall  keep  or  store  in  or  about  any  building  or  premises, 
except  at  such  places  hereinafter  mentioned  as  are  used  exclu¬ 
sively  for  storing  large  quantities  of  oil  under  permit  from  the 
city,  more  than  ten  empty  coal  oil  or  gasoline  barrels  at  one 
time,  and  said  barrels  shall  be  kept  wholly  within  the  inclosure 
of  said  premises. 

132.  Permits  for  Large  Quantities  of  Oil.]  §  7.  Any 

person,  persons  or  corporation  who  shall  desire  to  store  or  keep 
any  gasoline,  coal  oil,  petroleum  or  its  products,  in  any  greater 
quantity  than  two  barrels  or  tanks  of  fifty  gallons  each,  shall  file 
with  the  City  Clerk  an  application  in  writing,  addressed  to  the 
City  Council,  stating  the  places  where  it  is  proposed  to  store  such 
oil,  the  character  and  quantity  of  the  oil  to  be  stored,  the  size  and 
quantity  of  the  vats  or  barrels  in  which  it  is  to  be  placed,  and 
the  nature  of  the  construction  of  the  building  in  which  it  is  to 
be  kept. 

133.  Permits  When  not  Granted.]  §  8.  No  permit  shall 
be  granted  by  the  City  Council  for  the  storage  of  coal  oil,  gasoline, 
petroleum  or  its  products,  within  this  city  in  quantities  larger 
than  two  barrels  of  fifty  gallons  each,  except  the  same  shall 
be  kept  in  a  closed  metallic  vessel,  outside  of  buildings,  and  to 
be  drawn  in  daylight  only  from  said  vessel,  and  no  permit  shall 
be  granted  to  keep  or  store  any  such  oils  in  quantities  as 
aforesaid  upon  any  premises  within  four  hundred  feet  of  anjr  lot 
in  any  block  now  laid  out  in  this  city,  or  residence  now 
constructed:  Provided ,  this  chapter  shall  not  be  construed  to 
effect  or  apply  to  the  storage  of  lubricating  oils. 

134.  Permits  how  Granted.]  §  9.  When  in  the  judgment 
of  the  City  Council  the  storage  of  such  quantities  of  oils  as  shall 
be  asked  for  in  such  application  will  not  endanger  the  buildings 
or  other  property  in  said  city  to  conflagration,  permission  may  be 
granted  for  the  same,  subject  to  the  restrictions  provided  in  this 
chapter,  and  to  such  other  reasonable  regulations  as  the  City 
Council  may  deem  advisable  to  enforce  with  each  permit  so 
granted. 

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*35-  Penalty.]  §  10.  Whoever  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars, 
and  in  case  the  person  convicted  twice  shall  hold  a  permit,  the 
same  shall  be  revoked.  Any  storage  of  oils  contrary  to  the  provis¬ 
ion  hereof,  or  without  a  permit,  shall,  after  ten  days  notice  for 
their  removal  and  neglect  so  to  do,  be  subject  to  seizure  by  the 
city  and  confiscation. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

FEES  AND  SALARIES. 

136.  Salaries  how  Provided.]  §  1.  The  officers  of  the 
city  shall  receive  the  salaries,  fees  and  other  compensation  as  is 
hereinafter  provided,  and  as  the  City  Council  may,  from  time  to 
time,  by  ordinance  direct;  but  the  salary,  fees  or  other  compensa¬ 
tion  of  any  such  officer  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished 
during  his  term  of  office. 

137.  Salary  of  Hayor.]  §  2.  The  Mayor  shall  be  paid  a 
salary  of  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

138.  Salary  of  Clerk.]  §  3.  The  City  Clerk  shall  receive 
a  salary  of  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly, 
and  the  following  fees:  For  recording  and  superintending  the 
publication  of  all  ordinances  passed  subsequent  to  the  revision  of 
1896,  twenty  cents  for  every  one  hundred  words;  for  recording 
each  interment  report,  ten  cents;  for  making  and  superintending 
the  annual  statement  of  fiscal  concerns  of  the  city,  ten  dollars; 
for  procuring  the  poll  books,  tally  sheets,  blanks,  stationery  and 
supplies  necessary  for  the  conducting  of  the  city  election,  super¬ 
intending  the  erection  of  the  voting  booths,  superintending  the 
printing,  posting  and  publishing  of  the  specimen  ballots  and 
instruction  cards,  and  the  printing  of  the  official  ballots, 
and  delivering  the  same  together  with  the  ballot  boxes, 
poll  books,  blanks  and  supplies  to  the  judges  of  election, 
ten  dollars;  for  each  license  issued,  fifty  cents;  for  each  cemetery 


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deed  issued,  one  dollar,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury;  for 
copying  any  paper  on  fde  in  his  office,  twenty  cents  for  every  one 
hundred  words,  and  for  attaching  his  certificate,  and  the  seal  of 
the  city  thereto,  an  additional  fee  of  twenty-five  cents,  to  be  paid 
by  the  applicant. 

139.  Salary  of  City  Attorney.]  §  4.  The  City  Attorney 
shall  receive  a  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable 
quarterly,  and  in  all  cases^  when  he  appears  in  behalf  of  the  city, 
shall  be  allowed  a  fee  of  three  dollars  for  each  and  every  convic¬ 
tion  before  any  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  a 
violation  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  city 
treasury  when  the  fine  and  costs  are  collected.  And  in  addition 
to  the  salary  and  other  fees  herein  provided  for,  he  shall  be  allowed 
a  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  the  prosecution  or  defense  of  any  case 
in  county  or  circuit  courts  of  this  State,  and  twenty-five  dollars 
in  the  appellate  or  supreme  courts  of  this  State,  wherein  the 
City  of  Centralia  is  a  party,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury. 

140.  Salary  of  City  Marshal.]  §  5.  The  City  Marshal 
shall  receive  as  a  salary  fifty  dollars  per  month,  payable  monthly, 
for  performing  such  duties  as  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be 
required  of  him  by  ordinance  or  resolution  of  the  City  Council, 
payable  out  of  the  city  treasury.  In  addition  he  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  such  fees  as  are  allowed  to  Constables  by  any  law  of 
this  State;  but  the  city  shall  in  no  event  be  liable  for  the  payment 
of  any  such  fees. 

141.  Salary  of  City  Treasurer.]  §  6.  The  City  Treasurer 
shall  be  allowed  two  per  cent,  on  all  moneys  arising  from  the 
ordinary  sources  of  revenue,  and  one  per  cent,  on  all  moneys 
borrowed  by  the  city. 

142.  Salary  of  Street  Commissioner.]  §  7.  The  Street 
Commissioner  shall  receive  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  day  for 
his  services  while  actually  employed  in  performing  the  duties  of 
his  office. 

143.  Salary  of  City  Sexton.]  §  8.  The  City  Sexton 
shall  receive  a  salary  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  month  from  the 
first  day  of  May  to  the  first  day  of  November,  and  twenty  dollars 


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per  month  from  the  first  day  of  November  to  the  first  day  of  May 
in  each  and  every  year,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury.  And, 
in  addition  thereto,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  and  receive  the 
following  fees,  to  be  paid  by  the  person  or  persons  for  whom  the 
the  work  is  done:  For  digging  any  shaped  grave  four  feet  or 
less  in  length  and  interment,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents;  for 
digging  a  coffin  shaped  grave  any  length  over  four  feet  and  inter¬ 
ment,  two  dollars;  for  digging  a  parallelopiped,  commonly  called 
a  square  box  shaped,  grave  over  four  feet  and  not  more  than  six 
feet  and  interment,  two  dollars;  for  digging  a  parallelopiped 
shaped  grave  over  six  feet  in  length  and  interment,  three  dollars. 

144.  Salary  of  City  Engineer  and  Surveyor.]  §  9.  The 

City  Engineer  and  Surveyor  shall  be  allowed  two  dollars  per 
day  for  every  day’s  service  for  the  city.  He  shall  also  be 
allowed  to  charge'  and  receive  from  any  person  or  persons  for 
whom  he  may  perform  services  the  following  fees:  For  survey¬ 
ing  any  private  lot,  making  corners  and  giving  certificates  there¬ 
of,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents;  for  surveying,  making  corners  and 
giving  certificates  as  above,  and  sub-dividing  the  lot,  an 
additional  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each  sub-division;  for 
designating  the  line  or  grade  of  any  street,  lane,  avenue  or  alley, 
on  which  any  person  is  desirous  of  building  a  house,  or  erecting 
a  fence,  grading  or  making  a  sidewalk,  or  when  a  sidewalk  is 
ordered  to  be  made  by  the  City  Council,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents 
for  each  line  or  grade  so  designated. 

145.  Salary  of  City  Policemen.]  ^  10.  The  City  Police¬ 
men  shall  receive  a  salary  at  the  rate  of  forty  dollars  per  month, 
except- during  the  months  of  December,  January  and  February, 
when  the  rate  shall  be  forty-five  dollars  per  month. 

146.  Salary  of  Aldermen.]  §  11.  Each  Alderman  shall, 
after  the  first  regular  session  in  May  1897,  be  paid  a  salary  of 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each  regular  session  of  the  City 
Council  held  during  his  term  of  office  at  which  he  shall  be 
present.  For  all  special  sessions  and  adjourned  sessions,  and  all 
regular  sessions  at  which  such  Alderman  shall  not  be  present  he 
shall  receive  nothing:  Provided \  no  Alderman  shall  receive  more 
than  three  dollars  per  month. 


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general  ordinances  of  city. 


147.  Salary  of  City  Collector.]  §  12.  The  compensation 
of  the  City  Collector  shall  be  two  (2)  per  centum  upon  all 
moneys  collected  by  him  in  the  course  of  his  official  duties. 

148.  Salary  of  Superintendent  of  Water  Works.]  §  13. 

The  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  shall  be  paid  a  salary  of 
fifty  dollars  per  month,  payable  monthly. 

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149.  Fees  of  Police  Magistrate.]  §  14.  The  Police  Mag¬ 
istrate  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  such  fees  as  are  or  may  be 
allowed  to  Justices  of  the  Peace  by  any  law  of  this  State,  but  the 
city  shall  in  no  event  be  liable  for  the  payment  of  any  such  fees. 

150.  Compensation  of  Health  Officer.]  §  15.  The 

Health  Officer  shall  be  allowed  the  sum  of  two  dollars  per  day 
for  each  day  he  is  actually  employed  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties. 

151.  Compensation  of  Fire  Department.]  §  16.  The 

Fire  Department  shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

152.  Salary  of  City  Auditor.]  §  17.  The  City  Auditor 
shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  making  the  annual  audit 
of  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  city  officers  of  this  city. 


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CHAPTER  XVI. 

FENCES. 

*53*  Partition  Fences.]  §  1.  No  person  or  persons  shall 
hereafter  erect,  construct  or  maintain  any  wooden  or  other  parti¬ 
tion  fence,  or  any  .section  or  portioh  thereof,  which  shall  exceed 
four  feet  in  height  above  the  surface  of  the  ground  for  the  first 
forty  feet  back  from  the  front  line  of  the  lot  or  lots,  nor  exceeding 
'  seven  feet  in  height  for  the  remainder  of  the  distance  to  the  rear 
end  of  the  lot,  except  where  such  partition  fence  forms  a  neces¬ 
sary  part  of  any  out  building  on  such  premises,  or  except  where 
both  parties  shall  agree  to  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  the  first  offense 
and  a  further  penalty  of  two  dollars  per  day  for  each  and  every 
day  that  such  person  shall  permit  such  unlawful  fence  to  remain 
after  notice  to  lower  or  remove  the  same  by  the  City  Marshal. 

154.  Hedge  Fences.]  §  2.  That  the  owner  or  occupant 
of  any  lot  in  this  city  upon  which  shall  be  growing  any  hedge 
fence  of  osage  orange  or  other  shrubbery  which  abuts  upon  any 
public  street  or  avenue  shall  keep  the  same  trimmed  down  so 
that  the  same  shall  not  exceed  five  feet  in  height  at  any  time,  and 
the  sides  thereof  cut  back  so  that  no  portion  of  the  same  shall 
protrude  over  or  close  enough  to  any  public  sidewalk  as  to  in 
any  manner  interfere  with  the  pedestrians  upon  such  sidewalk, 
or  catch  in  their  clothing  while  walking  along  or  upon  such 
sidewalk.  Whoever  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars, 
and,  if  upon  conviction  they  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  trim  such 
hedge  forthwith,  they  shall  be  subject  to  a  further  penalty  of  two 
dollars  per  day  for  each  and  every  day  they  shall  neglect  or  fail 
to  trim  such  hedge  thereafter. 

155.  Gates  to  Open  in.]  §  3.  That  hereafter  all  gates 
shall  be  so  constructed  and  hung  that  the  same  will  not  open 
outward  or  swing  over  any  public  sidewalk  in  this  city  or  in  any 
manner  obstruct  the  same  when  opened  or  closed,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  or  Street  Commissioner,  upon  com- 


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plaiht  to  him  that  any  gate  is  so  constructed  or  hung,  to  notify 
the  owner  of  such  premises  or  his  agent  to  change  said  gate  so 
that  the  same  will  not  open  out  or  upon  such  walk,  and  upon  the 
neglect  or  refusal  of  such  owner  or  agent  to  change  such  gate,  as 
ordered,  within  ten  days  from  the  sendee  of  such  notice,  he  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars.  « 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

FINES  AND  FORFEITURES. 

156.  Suit  may  be  Commenced.]  §  1.  That  any  suit, 
action  or  prosecution  brought  for  the  recovery  of  any  fine, 
forfeiture  or  penalty,  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the 
city  may  be  commenced  by  any  person  making  complaint  under 
oath  before  the  Police  Magistrate  of  the  city  or  Justice  of  the  Peace 
of  the  County  of  Marion,  stating  that  he  or  she  believes  that  a 
certain  person  or  persons  (naming  him,  her  or  them),  has  or 
have  violated  a  portion  of  the  municipal  code  of  said  city, 
specifying  it,  and  giving  numbers  of  chapter  and  section,  and  a 

’  brief  description  of  the  offense,  whereupon  the  Police  Magistrate 
or  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  issue  a  warrant,  directed  to  the  City 
Marshal,  or  any  Constable  of  Marion  county,  commanding  him 
to  arrest  the  person  or  persons  charged,  and  to  bring  him  or 
them  forthwith  before  said  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and  all  other  proceedings  shall  be  the  same  as  proceedings 
before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  cases  for  assault  and  battery,, 
under  the  statute  of  the  State,  unless  otherwise  provided  by 
ordinance:  Provided ,  however ,  if  either  party  shall  demand  a 
jury  the  one  so  demanding  it  shall  advance  the  jury  fees. 

157.  ninors  Excluded  from  Court  Room.  §  2.  The 

Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  exclude  all  minors 
from  the  court  room  during  any  trial  whenever  he  shall  deem  it 
to  the  interests  of  public  morals  so  to  do. 


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158.  Arrests  without  Warrant.]  §  3.  Nothing  in  ‘this 
chapter  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  City  Marshal,  or 
any  other  officer  of  the  city  authorized  to  make  arrests,  from 
arresting,  without  warrant,  and  taking  forthwith  before  a  Police 
Magistrate  any  person  violating  any  city  ordinance  in  his 
presence:  Provided ,  that  if  said  arrest  is  made  in  the  night  time, 
or  the  said  Police  Magistrate  is  absent  from  his  office,  or  from 
any  other  cause  the  trial  of  said  person  cannot  be  had  forthwith, 
the  officer  making  said  arrest  shall  keep  the  person  so  arrested 
in  custody  until  said  trial  can  be  had,  and  for  such  purpose  may 
confine  the  person  arrested  in  the  city  prison:  Provided , further , 
that  no  such  confinement  shall  be  for  a  longer  time  than  twenty- 
four  hours,  unless  Sunday  shall  intervene. 

159.  City  Attorney  to  be  Notified.]  §  4.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Police  Magistrate,  through  the  City  Marshal,  to 
inform  the  City  Attorney  of  any  and  all  complaints  or  affidavits 
made  before  him  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city. 

160.  Fines  to  be  Paid  Over.]  §  5.  All  fines,  forfeitures 
and  penalties  imposed  by  virtue  of  any  ordinance  now,  or  which 
shall  be,  in  force  for  the  breach  of  the  same  shall,  when  collected, 
be  immediately  paid  over  to  the  Magistrate  by  the  person 
collecting  the  same,  and  the  Magistrate  receiving  such  money 
shall  immediately  pay  over  the  same  to  the  City  Treasurer,  said 
Treasurer  receipting  said  Magistrate  for  the  same. 

161.  The  Police  Magistrate  shall  enter  Judgment.]  §  6. 

Immediately  upon  the  conviction  of  any  person  for  a  violation  of 
any  ordinance  of  the  city,  the  Police  Magistrate,  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  enter  judgment  against  him  for 
the  amount  of  fine  and  costs  of  prosecution,  and  unless  said  fine 
and  costs  be  immediately  paid,  shall  enter  an  order  to  the  effect 
that  the  defendant  or  defendants  be  committed  to  the  city  prison 
for  a  certain  number  of  days,  to  be  fixed  in  said  order  and  entered 
of  record  in  the  cause,  said  number  of  days  being  fixed  at  one 
for  every  fifty  cents  of  the  amount  of  such  fine  and  costs,  unless 
the  fine  and  costs  be  sooner  paid;  but  no  person  shall  be 
imprisoned  for  a  longer  period  than  sixty  days  for  any  one 
offense,  and  the  period  of  imprisonment  shall  be  in  all  cases 


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proportionate  to  the  offense  committed.  The  said  Police  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  immediately  upon  the  rendition 
of  judgment,  issue  an  execution  in  the  following  form,  as  near 
as  may  be,  to-wit: 

‘•State  of  Illinois.  ) 

“( Bounty  of  Marion,  [•  ss 
“City  of  Centra li a,  j 

“The  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to  the  City  Marshal  of  the  City 
of  Centralia,  or  any  Constable  of  said  county — Greeting: 

“Whereas,  The  City  of  Centralia  has  this  day  obtained  judgment 

before  the  undersigned,  a .  . of  the  City  of  Centralia, 

against . for  a  violation  of  an  ordinance  of 

said  city,  for . dollars  fine,  and  . dollars  and 

. cents  cost  of  prosecution.  We  command  you,  therefore,  that 

of  the  goods  and  chattels  of  the  said . . within  the 

County  of  Marion,  you  make  the  sum  of . dollars  fine,  and 

. dollars  and .  cents  cost  of  prosecution;  and  for 

want  of  such  goods  and  chattels,  that  you,  as  the  keeper  of  the  city 

prison,  take  the  body  of  the  said  . and  keep  him 

. in  safe  custody  for  and  during  the  term  of _ 

. days  from  and  after  the  delivery  hereof,  and  require  and 

compel  the  said .  . to  labor  on  the  streets  and  alleys 

of  said  city  under  the  control  and  direction  of  the  Street  Commissioner 
at  the  rate  of  fifty  cents  per  day,  exclusive  of  his  board,  until  all  of 
said  fine  and  costs  are  paid,  unless  he  shall  be  sooner  discharged 
according  to  law,  and  hereof  make  return  to  me  within  seventy  days 
from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this . day  of  . . . 

A.  P.  18.. 

. . [SEAL.] 

Provided ,  however ,  that  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of 
the  Peace  before  whom  a  conviction  shall  be  had,  may,  when  the 
defendant,  by  reason  of  being  physically  disabled,  or  being  a 
female,  is  unfitted  for  street  labor,  omit  the  same  from  the 
judgment  and  execution. 

162.  Persons  shall  Labor  on  Streets.]  §  7.  Upon 
receiving  the  execution  above  mentioned,  the  City  Marshal,  or 
other  officer  to  whom  directed,  shall  immediately  take  the 
defendant  into  custody,  and  if  the  said  defendant  does  not,  within 
a  reasonable  time  of  the  same  day,  satisfy  said  execution,  either 


REPLEVY. 


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by  paying  the  same  in  money,  or  by  discovering  to  the  City 
Marshal,  or  other  officer,  sufficient  goods  and  chattels,  the 
property  of  the  defendant,  whereon  to  levy  said  execution  for 
fine  and  costs,  or  by  replevying  the  same  as  hereinafter  provided, 
the  City  Marshal,  or  other  officer,  shall,  without  delay,  commit 
the  prisoner  to  the  city  prison,  there  to  be  confined,  except  during 
such  time  he  may  be  engaged  in  working  on  the  streets,  and 
alleys,  until  such  fine  and  all  costs  shall  be  fully  paid,  or  he  shall 
be  otherwise  discharged  according  to  law.  The  City  Marshal, 
or  other  officer  having  the  prisoner  in  custody,  shall,  on  the 
morning  of  each  working  day,  during  the  time  of  such  confine¬ 
ment,  deliver  the  prisoner,  together  with  the  execution,  to  the 
Street  Commissioner,  and  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  require 
the  prisoner  so  delivered  to  him  to  perform  the  amount  of  labor 
required  by  this  ordinance,  and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe 
keeping  of  said  prisoner  during  the  time  he  is  under  the  control 
and  custody  of  the  said  Street  Commissioner;  and  when  such 
prisoner  shall  have  worked  out  the  amount  of  said  fine  and  costs, 
as  herein  required,  he  shall  be  discharged  and  the  City  Marshal,  or 
other  officer,  shall  make  return  to  the  Police  Magistrate  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  who  issued  the  same,  that  the  execution 
and  judgment  is  satisfied  by  labor  on  the  streets,  or  by  serving 
the  requisite  number  of  days  in  the  city  prison. 

163.  Street  Commissioner  may  be  Fined.]  §  8.  In  case 
the  Street  Commissioner  shall  refuse  to  perform  any  of  the  duties 
required  of  him  in  the  preceding  section,  or  said  prisoner  shall 
escape  while  in  his  control  and  custody,  the  said  Street  Commis¬ 
sioner  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  eight  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  a  conviction  thereof  may  be  considered  by 
the  City  Council  sufficient  grounds  for  impeachment  and  the 
removal  of  said  Street  Commissioner  from  office. 

164.  Persons  Fined  may  Replevy.]  §  9.  Any  person 
fined  for  the  violation  of  any  city  ordinance  may  replevy  the 
same  by  giving  bond  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  with  sufficient 
security  in  double  the  amount  of  the  fine  and  costs  for  the 
payment  of  the  same  within  not  more  than  sixty  days,  the 
security  to  be  approved,  and  the  time  allowed  to  be  determined 


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by  the  City  Marshal:  Provided ,  no  obligation  for  the  payment 
of  such  hue  and  costs  shall  be  taken  by  the  City  Marshal  until  it 
shall  be  first  submitted  to  the  City  Attorney  and  his  approval  be 
endorsed  thereon. 

165.  The  Mayor  may  Release.]  §  10.  The  Mayor,  for 
sufficient  cause,  may  release  any  person  imprisoned  for  the 
violation  of  any  city  ordinance,  and  shall  endorse  his  order  for 
said  release  on  the  execution  with  the  cause  thereof,  and  report 
the  same  to  the  City  Council  at  its  first  regular  session  thereafter: 
But  it  shall  be  his  duty  before  releasing  any  such  person  to 
require  of  the  City  Attorney  and  the  Police  Magistrate,  or  Justice 
of  the  Peace  who  tried  the  case,  a  statement  in  writing  briefly 
expressing  their  opinions  respectively  concerning  the  propriety 
of  the  same,  which  opinions  shall  be  filed  with  the  Mayor’s 
report  to  the  City  Council. 

166.  Cases  may  be  Dismissed.]  §  11.  The  City  Attorney 
may,  with  the  consent  of  the  court,  dismiss  any  proceeding 
commenced  for  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city,  when  he 
and  the  court  may  be  satisfied  that  the  complaint  is  instituted 
maliciously,  or  without  probable  cause,  and  that  the  interests  of 
the  public  or  the  city  will  be  subserved  by  said  dismissal. 

167.  No  Costs  Taxed  Against  City.]  $  12.  No  costs  of 
any  kind  in  any  case  whatever  shall  be  taxed  against  or  collected 
of  the  city  except  as  heretofore  provided. 

168.  Not  to  be  Tried  while  Intoxicated,  etc.]  §  13.  No 

person  shall  be  tried  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  ordinances  of 
the  city  while  in  such  a  state  of  intoxication  as  to  be  in  an  unfit 
condition  for  trial,  but  any  person  arrested  for  such  violation, 
who  shall  be  in  such  drunken  or  intoxicated  condition,  may  be 
confined  in  the  city  prison  until  he  shall  become  duly  sober  and 
in  a  fit  condition  to  be  brought  into  court.  The  Police  Magis- 
trate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace’s  verbal  order  to  the  officer  having 
such  person  in  charge  shall  be  a  sufficient  warrant  to  the  officer 
so  to  confine  such  person:  Provided ,  no  trial  for  such  cause 
shall  be  adjourned  for  a  longer  time  than  twenty-four  hours, 
unless  a  Sunday  shall,  intervene. 


PERSONS  MAY  GIVE  BAIL. 


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i6q.  Persons  Entitled  to  Speedy  Trials.]  §  14.  Every 
person  under  arrest  shall  be  entitled  to  a  speedy  trial  within 
twenty-four  hours,  unless  Sunday  intervenes,  or  the  trial  be 
continued  for  good  cause,  or  adjourned  from  unavoidable  circum¬ 
stances,  and  when  a  trial*  shall  be  continued  or  postponed  the 
officer  making  the  arrest  shall  keep  the  person  so  arrested  in 
custody  until  the  time  for  trial,  unless  said  person  shall  give  bail 
for  his  appearance,  and  for  such  purpose  may  confine  him  or 
them  in  the  city  prison. 

170.  Jury  Trial — Form  of  Verdict.]  §  15.  In  all  cases 
for  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Centralia  tried  by  a 
jury,  tl\e  verdict  shall  be,  as  near  as  may  be,  in  the  following 
form:  “We,  the  jury,  find  the  defendant  not  guilty,”  or  “We, 
the  jury,  find  the  defendant  guilty,  and  assess  against  him  a  fine 

of . ...dollars;”  the  verdict  to  be  signed  by  all  the  jurors. 

Upon  the  return  of  the  verdict  of  the  jury,  the  court  shall  enter 
judgment  for  the  amount  of  fine  assessed  and  costs  of  prosecution, 
and  shall  issue  execution  for  the  amount  of  fine  and  costs,  as 
provided  in  section  six  of  this  chapter. 

171.  Persons  may  give  Bail.]  §  16.  Any  person 

arrested  or  in  the  custody  of  any  officer  for  the  violation  of  any 
ordinance  shall  have  the  right  to  release  himself  from  custody  or 
imprisonment  by  entering  into  bail  or  recognizance  before  the 
Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  such  amount,  and 
with  such  security  as  maybe  required  of  him,  conditioned  that 
he  will  appear  before  the  said  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  named  therein,  at  the  time  therein  named,  and  remain  and 
answer  the  offense  with  which  he  stands  charged  and  not  depart 
without  leave.  The  penalty  of  the  bond  shall  be  in  favor  of  the 
City  of  Centralia  and  the  amount  shall  be  determined  by  the. 
Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  taking  the  same, 
with  whom  the  said  bond  shall  be  filed.  If  the  offender  shall 
fail  to  appear,  or  shall  otherwise  fail  to  comply  with  the  condi¬ 
tions  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  adjudged  forfeited,  and  suit  shall 
be  forthwith  brought  thereon  against  the  offender  and  his  surety 
or  sureties  for  the  full  amount  of  the  penalty  thereof,  and 
judgment  shall  be  rendered  by  the  court  for  the  same  and  costs. 


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CHAPTER  XVIII. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

172.  riembers.]  §  1  That  the  Fire  Department  of  the 
City  of  Centralia  shall  consist  of  the  members  now  composing 
the  same,  and  such  new  members  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
elected  thereto  by  the  members  thereof,  under  such  regulations 
as  they  shall  prescribe:  Provided ,  however ,  that  at  no  time  shall 
the  membership  thereof  be  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty 
active  members,  residents  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  of  not  less 
than  eighteen  years  nor  more  than  fifty  years  of  age,  capable  of 
doing  duty  at  fires.  And  should  the  membership  thereof  at  any 
time  become  reduced  to  less  than  ten,  and  the  Department  neglect 
or  fail  for  a  period  of  thirty  days  to  fill  the  vacancies,  the 
Mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  shall  have  the 
power  to  appoint  sufficient  additional  members  to  make  the 
total  membership  of  said  Department  ten. 

173.  Officers.]  §  2.  The  officers  of  the  Fire  Department 
shall  consist  of  one  Chief  Engineer  and  two  Foremen,  to  be 
designated  as  Foreman  and  Assistant  Foreman;  said  officers,  and 
such  others  as  the  members  shall  determine  to  create,  shall  be 
chosen  by  the  members  from  among  their  number  in  such  a 
method  as  they  shall  determine;  which  officers  shall  hold  their 
office  for  a  term  of  one  year,  and  until  their  successor  are  duly 
elected:  Provided ,  however ,  that  any  officer  may  be  sooner 
removed  for  cause  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the 
Department. 

174.  Duties  of  Officers.]  §  3.  The  Chief  Engineer,  or  in 
his  absence  the  Foreman,  or  in  the  absence  of  both  the  Assistant 
Foreman,  shall  in  all  cases  of  fire  or  fire  alarms  have  sole  and 
absolute  control  of  the  Fire  Department,  including  subordinate 
officers,  members,  drivers,  teams,  wagons,  carts,  etc.;  and  he 
shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be  adopted 
by  the  Department;  conduct  and  manage  the  same  from  the  time 
of  the  sounding  of  the  alarm  until  he  gives  the  order  to  disperse, 
and  he  shall  be  implieidlv  obeyed  by  said  officers  and  members 


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as  well  as  by  such  bystanders  whom  he  may  summons  during 
said  time. 

175.  Fire  Wardens.]  §  4.  The  Aldermen  in  their 
respective  wards  shall  be  ex-officio  Fire  Wardens,  and  it  shall  be 
their  duty  upon  the  breaking  out  of  a  fire  in  their  ward  to  repair 
to  the  same,  and  to  prevent  the  fire  apparatus,  wagons,  hose,  etc., 
from  being  injured,  keep  idle  and  suspicious  persons  from  the 
vicinity  of  the  fire,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
assigned  to  them  by  the  chief  officer  in  command  at  such  fire. 

176.  Drivers.]  §  5.  The  Fire  Department  shall  have  the 
power  to  employ  a  driver,  to  be  paid  such  compensation  by  the 
city  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  feed,  groom  and  exercise  the  horses  of  the  Fire  Department, 
attend  to  the  batteries  and  apparatus  of  the  fire  alarm  system, 
clean  and  care  for  the  wagons  and  fire  apparatus,  drive  the  hose 
wagon  to  all  fires,  and  be  in  attendance  at  the  place  where  the 
hose  wagon  is  kept  at  all  times,  except  when  excused  or  relieved 
by  the  Chief,  and  he  shall  be  subject  to  such  other  rules  and 
regulations  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Department. 

177.  Duty  when  Alarm  Given.]  §  6.  Whenever  a  fire 
alarm  is  given  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  and  members  of 
the  Department  to  repair  at  once  to  the  headquarters  of  the 
Department  where  the  hose  wagon  and  team  are  kept  and  assist 
the  driver  in  harnessing  the  team  and  securing  such  implements, 
hose,  ladders  and  apparatus  to  be  taken  to  the  lire  as  the  officer 
in  command  shall  direct,  and  no  person  other  than  a  member  of 
the  Department  shall  have  a  right  to  enter  the  place  where  the 
wagon,  team,  etc.,  are  kept  at  such  times,  nor  to  get  upon  the 
wagon  to  ride  to  the  fire,  except  upon  express  command  of  the 
officer  in  charge,  when  their  assistance  is  required. 

178.  Driving  to  Fires.]  §  7*  The  driver  or  other  person 
in  charge  of  the  hose  wagons  or  carts,  when  goingto  a  fire  or  in 
answer  to  a  fire  alarm,  shall  use  such  care  and  caution  not  to 
injure  any  person  or  vehicle  upon  the  streets  of  said  city,  as  is 
consistent  with  the  duty  he  is  then  discharging;  and  upon  the 
sound  of  a  fire  alarm,  when  the  teams,  wagons  and  carts  of  the 


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Fire  Department  are  going  to  a  fire,  or  in  answer  to  a  fire  alarnt, 
they  shall  be  entitled  to  the  clear  right  of  way  over  all  streets, 
avenues  and  alleys  in  said  city  in  preference  to  all  other  vehicles; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  drivers  of  all  other  vehicles  in  said 
city  to  give  said  right  of  way  over  said  streets,  avenues  and 
alleys,  to  the  wagons,  teams  and  carts  of  the  Fire  Department, 
when  going  to  fires  or  in  answer  to  fire  alarms,  so  that  the  same 
shall  have  a  clear  and  uninterrupted  passage.  A  violation  of 
this  section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

179.  Not  to  Drive  on  Sidewalks — Returning  from  Fires.] 

§  8.  The  driver  of  teams  shall  not  run  or  drive  any  hose  cart  or 
wagon  along  or  across  any  sidewalk  in  said  city,  except  in  cases 
of  strict  necessity,  and  said  driver,  when  returning  from  fires  or  in 
answer  to  fire  alarms,  shall  not  drive  faster  than  a  slow  trot. 
A  violation  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

180.  Bystanders  may  be  Summoned.]  §  9.  Every  male 
person  above  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  present  at  any  fire  in 
said  city,  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  or 
other  officer  in  charge  at  such  fire,  in  assisting  to  extinguish  the 
fire,  remove  property  and  protect  the  same;  and  in  case  such 
person  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  such  orders  he  shall  be 
liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars:  Provided ,  that  no  person,  not  a  member  of  the 
Fire  Department,  shall  be  subject  to  such  fine,  unless  at  the  time 
the  order  was  given,  the  officer  giving  the  same  wore  conspicu¬ 
ously  the  badge  of  his  office,  or  made  known  otherwise  his 
official  character  to  such  person. 

181.  May  Tear  Down  Buildings  to  Prevent  Spread  of 
Fire.]  §  10.  The  Fire  Department  shall  take  with  them  to 
all  fires,  hooks,  ladders  and  axes,  and  the  Chief  Engineer,  or  in 
his  absence  the  officer  in  charge,  with  the  concurrence  of  the 
Mayor,  or  any  two  Aldermen  present,  may  tear  down  and  remove 
any  building,  fence  or  other  structure  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
fire  and  to  check  its  progress. 


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182.  Penalty  for  Failure  to  Attend  Fires.]  §11.  If  any 
fireman  shall  neglect  to  attend  any  fire,  without  .sufficient  excuse, 
or  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  perform  the  duty  assigned  to  him  at 
a  fire,  or  shall  disobey  the  orders  of  the  Chief  or  other  officer  in 
command,  or  shall  leave  his  post  while  the  Department  is  on 
duty  at  a  fire  without  the  permission  of  the  Chief,  or  other  officer 
in  charge,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  not  less  than  one 
dollar  nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and  shall  be  subject  to  expul¬ 
sion  from  the  Fire  Department. 

183.  Control  of  Property.]  §  12.  The  horses,  wagons, 
carts,  hose,  wrenches  and  all  tools  and  implements  shall  be 
under  the  sole  and  absolute  control  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  or  in 
case  of  his  absence  from  the  city,  then  under  the  Foreman,  or  in 
case  of  absence  of  both,  then  under  the  control  of  the  Assistant 
Foreman;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  intermeddle 
or  molest,  or  to  take  any  of  said  property  from  the  hose  house, 
or  elsewhere  where  kept,  except  under  the  direction  or  by  the 
order  of  the  .said  officer  in  charge  of  the  same;  and  whoever  shall 
violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

184.  Interfering  with  Firemen — Driving  over  Hose.]  § 

13.  Whoever  shall  hinder  or  interfere  with  any  fireman  or 
officer  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  in  going  to  or  returning 
from  any  fire,  or  while  elsewhere  on  duty;  and  any  person  who 
shall  drive  any  wagon,  dray  or  other  vehicle  across  or  along  any 
hose,  or  in  any  manner  cut  or  injure  the  same;  or  cut,  deface  or 
otherwise  injure  any  wagon,  cart,  implement,  tool,  or  apparatus, 
horse  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  city  or  said  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  for  the 
damages  to  such  property. 

185.  Police  to  Attend  Fires.]  §  14.  The  City  Marshal, 
or  some  other  police  officer,  shall  repair  at  once  upon  the  alarm 
of  fire  to  the  place  where  the  fire  exists,  and  there  report  them¬ 
selves  and  remain  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  Mayor  or  any 
Fire  Warden,  for  the  preservation  of  the  peace,  the  protection 
of  property  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  the  removal  of  all  idle  or 


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suspected  persons,  and  the  control  of  the  crowd  assembled  and 
not  engaged  in  the  extinguishment  of  the  fire.  And  if  the  City 
Marshal,  or  any  other  police  officer,  shall  wilfully  neglect  to 
attend  such  fire,  or  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  the  duties 
assigned  to  him  when  at  a  fire,  he  may  be  removed  from  office  on 
conviction  before  the  City  Council. 

186.  Chief  to  make  Report  to  Council.]  $  15.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  to  report  to  the  City  Council  the 
names  of  all  members  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  the  officers 
thereof,  and  whenever  vacancies  shall  occur  or  new  members 
shall  be  elected  he  shall  report  the  same,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  members  and  officers,  and  note  such  changes. 
The  Chief  shall  also  report  to  the  City  Council,  at  their  first 
meeting  in  May  and  November,  the  condition  of  the  fire 
apparatus  belonging  to  the  city,  and  the  places  where  kept,  and 
recommend  such  alterations  and  improvements  in  the  same,  and 
the  purchase  of  such  new  material  as  he  deems  advisable. 

187.  Exempt  from  Street  Tax,  etc.]  §  16.  The  members 
and  officers  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  be  exempt  from  street 
tax  to  the  city  and  also  be  entitled  to  all  exemptions  as  provided 
for  by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  such  as  jury  duty, 
militia  duty,  etc. 


CHAPTER  XIX 

FISCAL  YEAR. 

188.  Fiscal  Year.]  §  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  City  of 
Centralia  shall  commence  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,  and  end 
on  the  da  3^  prior  thereto,  in  each  and  every  year. 


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CHAPTER  XX. 

GAMING  AND  GAMBLING  HOUSES. 

189.  Gaming.]  §  1.  Whoever  shall  play  for  money,  or 
other  valuable  thing,  at  any  game  with  cards,  dice,  checks,  faro, 
roulette,  billiards,  or  with  any  other  articles,  instrument,  or 
thing  whatsoever,  which  may  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  playing 
or  betting  upon,  or  winning  or  losing  money,  or  any  other  article 
or  thing  of  value,  or  who  shall  bet  upon  any  game  others  may  be 
playing  in  this  city,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
exceeding  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

190.  Gambling  Houses.]  §  2.  Whoever  within  the 

limits  of  the  city  keeps  a  common  gaming  house,  or  in  any 
building,  booth,  yard,  garden,  or  other  premises  by  him  or  his 
agent  used  or  occupied,  procures  or  permits  any  persons  to 
frequent,  or  to  come  together  to  play  for  money  or  other  valuable 
thing,  at  any  game,  or  keeps,  or  suffers  to  be  kept,  any  poker, 
keno,  faro  or  crap  table,  wheel  of  fortune,  roulette,  shuffle  board, 
cards,  or  other  instruments  or  apparatus  for  the  purpose  of 
playing  at  any  game  or  sport,  for  money  or  any  other  valuable 
thing,  or  knowingly  rents  any  such  place  for  such  purposes, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars:  Provided ,  however ,  the  finding  of  any  such 
tables,  instruments  or  apparatus,  upon  any  such  premises,  .shall  be 
prim  a  facie  evidence  that  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof  is 
keeping  a  gaming  house. 

191.  Frequenting  Gaming  House.]  §  3  Whoever  shall 
be  an  inmate  of  any  gambling  house  or  room  in  this  city,  or  shall 
be  in  any  way  connected  therewith,  or  shall  frequent  or  visit  the 
same,  or  be  found  therein,  or  in  any  room  where  gaming  is 
carried  on  or  permitted,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

192.  Lotteries]  §  4.  That  whoever  in  this  city  shall  set 
up  or  promote  any  lottery  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing,  or 
by  way  of  lottery  disposes  of  any  property  of  value,  either  real 


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or  personal,  or  under  pretense  of  sale,  gift  or  delivery  of  any 
other  property,  or  *any  right,  privilege  or  thing  whatever, 
disposes  of,  or  offers,  or  attempts  to  dispose  of  personal  property 
dependent  upon  or  connected  with  any  chance  by  dice,  lottery, 
numbers,  game,  hazzard  or  other  gambling  device,  whereby  such 
chance  or  gambling  device  is  made  an  additional  inducement  to 
the  disposal  or  sale  of  such  property,  and  whoever  aids  by 
printing,  or  is  in  any  way  concerned  in  the  setting  up,  managing 
or  drawing  of  such  lottery,  or  in  such  disposal  or  offer,  or 
attempt  to  dispose  of  property  by  any  such  chance  or  device, 
shall,  for  each  offense,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars* 


CHAPTER  XXL 

HAWKERS,  PEDDLERS  AND  TRANSIENT  VENDORS. 

193.  Hawker’s  and  Peddler’s  License.]  §  r.  Every 
person  who  shall  do  or  transact  the  business  of  hawker  or  peddler 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  this  city  shall  pay  for  a  license  so 
to  do  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  per  day 
for  each  day  said  person  shall  pursue  said  business;  and  whoever 
shall  hawk  or  peddle  goods  within  this  city,  without  first  having 
obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

194.  Itinerant  Merchants  and  Transient  Vendors  on 
.Streets,  etc.]  §  2.  That  all  itinerant  merchants  and  transient 
vendors  of  merchandise,  who  shall  sell,  or  offer  for  sale,  barter, 
or  exchange,  any  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise,  or  other  article 
of  value,  from  house  to  house  in  this  city,  or  upon  the 
public  streets,  avenues,  or  other  public  grounds  in  this  city, 
shall  pay  for  a  license  so  to  do  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  day  they  shall  pursue  said  calling 
within  this  city;  and  all  itinerant  merchants  and  transient 
vendors  of  merchandise,  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  exchange. 


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or  barter  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or  other  article  of  value 
from  house  to  house,  or  upon  any  public  street,  avenue  or  other 
public  ground  in  said  city,  without  having  first  obtained  a 
license  so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

195.  Itinerant  Merchants  and  Transient  Vendors  in 
Stores.]  $  3.  Whoever  shall  temporarily  establish  or  open  up 
a  place  of  business  iti  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  selling, 
bartering  or  exchanging  any  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise,  or 
other  article  of  value,  being  an  itinerant  merchant  or  transient 
vendor  of  merchandise,  shall  pay  for  a  license  so  to  do  not  less 
than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  per  day  for  each 
day  he  shall  conduct  or  maintain  said  business,  and  whoever 
shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  day  he  shall  conduct  such  business  without 
having  obtained  such  license. 

196.  Peanut  and  Popcorn  Vendors]  §  4.  That  whoever 
shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  peanuts,  popcorn,  candy,  nuts,  fruit  or 
other  article  of  like  nature,  upon  any  of  the  public  streets,  or 
avenues,  or  places  in  this  city  from  stands,  wagons,  baskets,  or 
otherwise,  except  from  regularly  established  business  houses  or 
stores,  and  then  only  from  stands  which  do  not  protrude  more  than 
two  feet  from  the  lot  line  of  such  store,  shall  pay  for  a  license  so 
to  do  not  less  than  twelve  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  per 
annum,  provided  that  license  for  less  time  may  be  granted  at  the 
rate  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  per  day 
or  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  per  month; 
and  whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

197.  Farmers’  Produce  Exempt.]  §  5.  This  chapter 
shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to  farmers  and  gardeners 
bringing  into  the  city  and  selling  the  produce  of  their  own  farms 
and  gardens. 

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CHAPTER  XXI L 

HEALTH. 

198.  Department  of  Health — Of  Whom  it  Consists.]  § 

1.  The  Department  of  Health  shall  consist  of  the  Mayor,  the 
Committee  on  Public  Health,  the  City  Marshal  and  the  Health 
Inspector. 

199.  Health  Inspector — How  Appointed.]  §  2.  That 
whenever  deemed  expedient  so  to  do,  the  Mayor  shall,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  a 
Health  Inspector,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  see  that  all  the 
ordinances  of  the  city,  relating  to  nuisances  and  the  preservation 
of  the  public  health,  are  duly  and  strictly  enforced. 

200.  Time  Employed  in  Each  Year.]  §  3.  That  the 
Health  Inspector  shall  be  appointed  for  such  a  time  only  in  each 
year  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Mayor,  shall  be  necessary  to 
preserve  the  public  health  of  the  city,  not  to  exceed  thirty  days 
in  any  year,  without  the  further  consent  of  the  City  Council. 

201.  Proclamation  to  Prevent  Spread  of  Disease.]  §  4. 

That  upon  the  appearance  of  small -pox,  cholera,  scarlet  fever, 
diphtheria ,  or  other  contagious  or  infectious  diseases,  and  in  all 
cases  of  epidemic,  the  Mayor,  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  same, 
shall  have  power,  by  proclamation,  to  enforce  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter. 

202.  Powers  of  the  iTayor.]  §  5.  The  Mayor  shall  have 
power,  in  such  emergency,  by  said  proclamation,  to  close  public 
or  private  schools,  to  prevent  the  assemblage  of  public  meetings, 
to  close  any  house  to  the  public  where  such  disease  exists,  to 
fence  up  the  street  or  streets  in  the  infected  neighborhood,  to 
provide  regulations  by  which  infected  families  may  be  provided 
with  necessary  supplies,  to  prevent  the  occupants  of  any  house, 
where  such  disease  is  located,  from  going  about  the  city,  to  restrict 
physicians  from  visiting  patients  so  afflicted  or  neighborhoods  so 
infected  without  taking  the  necessary  precautions  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  the  disease,  to  give  notice,  by  placards,,  to  the  public 


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of  the  existence  of  the  disease  at  any  house  and  to  warn  the 
public  to  avoid  the  same,  to  provide  a  suitable  place  and  cause 
any  person  so  afflicted  with  any  such  disease  to  be  removed 
thereto. 

203.  Mayor  shall  Notify  when  Proclamation  is  at  an 
End.]  §  6.  That  when  the  Mayor  shall  have  issued  his 
proclamation  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  it  shall  be  his 
duty,  also,  to  officially  notify  all  persons  interested  when  the 
same  ceases  to  be  in  force. 

204.  For  Violating  the  Hayor’s  Proclamation.  ]  §  7-  It 

shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  violate  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  chapter,  or  the  proclamation  of  the  Mayor  issued 
in  accordance  herewith,  or  to  aid  or  abet  any  person  or  persons 
in  so  doing,  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  or  refuse  to  obey  the  proclamation 
of  the  Mayor,  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  City 
of  Centralia  the  sum  of  not  less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

205.  Declared  a  Public  Nuisance.]  §  8.  That  every 
house  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  in  which  the 
cholera,  small-pox,  yellow  fever  or  diphtheria  shall  exist,  shall 
be  deemed  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  public  nuisance,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  the  property,  the  person  having 
control  of  the  family  or  persons  being  or  residing  therein,  and 
the  attending  physician,  immediately  on  the  breaking  out  of 
any  such  disease,  to  notify  the  Mayor,  or  in  his  absence  some 
member  of  the  Health  Department,  of  the  existence  of  such 
disease;  and  any  such  person  or  persons  or  physician,  who  shall 
neglect  or  fail  to  give  such  notice,  shall  be  guilty  of  maintaining 
a  nuisance,  and,  on  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

206.  Epidemic,  Contagious  and  Infectious  Disease — Duty 
of  Physician  to  Report.]  §  9.  That  in  order  to  facilitate  the 
control  of  epidemic,  contagious  and  infectious  diseases,  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  all  physicians  in  said  city  to  report  to 
the  Mayor,  or  in  case  of  his  absence  or  his  being  the  physician  in 


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charge,  to  some  other  member  of  the  Health  Department,  any 
and  all  cases  of  epidemic,  contagious  or  infectious  diseases,  such 
as  cholera,  small-pox,  yellow  fever,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever, 
typhoid  fever  and  measles,  that  the  physician  may  be  called 
upon  to  care  for,  within  six  hours  after  being  called  and 
assuming  professional  charge  of  each  case  of  any  of  the  above 
diseases,  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and 
not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  failure.  Provided , 
that  nothing  in  this  section,  contained  shall  in  anywise  modify  or 
restrict  the  foregoing  section  number  eight  of  this  chapter. 

207.  To  Prevent  the  Spread  of  Disease.]  §  10.  Any 

person  inhabiting  any  house  in  this  city  in  which  cholera,  small¬ 
pox,  yellow  fever,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever,  typhoid  fever  or 
measles  are  known  to  exist,  who  shall  appear  upon  any  of  the  pub¬ 
lic  streets  or  alleys,  or  in  any  of  the  public  places  of  this  city,  and 
who  shall  thereby  be  liable  to  spread  any  such  disease,  or  who 
shall  refuse  to  be  isolated  as  directed  by  the  proper  authorities,  or 
who  shall  knowingly  transmit  any  such  disease,  or  any  conta¬ 
gious  disease,  to  any  other  person,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
for  each  violation. 

208.  Quarantine.]  §  n.  The  Mayor  shall  be  and  is 
hereby  vested  with  full  power  and  authority  to  establish, 
execute  and  enforce  all  quarantine  regulations  that  he,  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Committee  on  Public  Health,  may 
deem  necessary  and  expedient  to  make,  establish,  execute, 
and  enforce,  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 

209.  Quarantine  Regulations.]  '  §  12.  The  manner  of 
making  and  establishing  said  quarantine  regulations  shall  be  by 
proclamation  of  the  Mayor,  setting  forth  in  full  all  rules  and 
regulations,  and  the  same  shall  be  published  in  some  newspaper 
published  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  the  same  shall  not  take 
effect  until  after  such  publication. 

210.  Penalty  for  Violating.]  §  13.  Any  person  or 
persons  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  or  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  said  rules  and 


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regulations,  when  established  and  promulgated  as  aforesaid, 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  fifteen 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

211.  Proof  of  said  Rules.]  §  14.  The  production  of  the 
rules  and  regulations,  or  a  certified  copy  of  the  same  in  any 
court,  upon  a  trial  arising  under  this  chapter,  or  under  the  said 
rules  and  regulations,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the 
rules  and  regulations  have  been  legally  established,  made  and 
promulgated  on  the  day  therein  set  forth. 

212.  Unwholesome  Food.]  §  15.  Whoever  shall,  within 
said  city,  manufacture,  sell,  or  expose,  or  offer  for  sale  any  meat, 
milk,  fruit,  or  other  product  or  article  of  food  which  shall  have 
been  rendered  unwholesome  and  detrimental  to  health  by 
adulteration,  mixture,  decomposition,  putrefaction,  disease,  or  by 
any  other  means  whatever,  or  whoever  shall  sell,  or  offer  for 
sale,  any  article  of  food  under  other  than  its  true  and  appropriate 
name,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

213.  Duty  of  City  Marshal  and  City  Police.]  §  16.  It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  and  every  police  officer  to 
assist  the  Department  of  Health,  and  every  member  thereof,  in 
the  enforcing  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  all  rules  and 
regulations  made  by  virtue  hereof. 


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CHAPTER  XXIII. 

INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 

214.  Insurance  Companies  to  Pay  License.]  §  1.  That 
all  corporations,  associations  and  companies  not  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  this  State,  which  are  engaged  in  this  city  in 
effecting  fire  insurance,  shall,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
July  in  each  year,  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  city,  for  the 
maintenance,  use  and  benefit  of  the  Fire  Department  of  this  city, 
a  license  fee  of  two  per  centum  upon  the  gross  amount  of 
premiums  received  by  such  corporation,  association  or  company 
for  fire  insurance  written  by  it  or  them,  or  agreed  to  be  effected  in 
this  city  during  the  preceding  year,  ending  on  the  first  day  of 

July- 

215.  Agents  to  Render  Statement.]  §  2.  That  every 
person  who  shall  act  in  this  city  as  agent  or  otherwise  for  or  on 
behalf  of  any  such  corporation ,  company  or  association ,  shall ,  on 
or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  in  each  and  every  year,  render 
to  the  City  Clerk  a  full,  true  and  just  account,  verified  by  his 
oath,  of  all  the  premiums  which  during  the  year  ending  on  every 
first  day  of  July  preceding,  such  report,  shall  have  been 
received  by  him  or  any  other  person  for  him  in  behalf  of  such 
corporation,  company  or  association,  and  shall  specify  in  said 
reports  the  amounts  received  for  fire  insurance.  Such  agents 
shall  also  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  city,  at  the  time  of  render¬ 
ing  the  aforesaid  report,  a  license  fee  of  two  per  centum  upon  the 
gross  receipts  of  the  premiums  received  by  such  corporation, 
company  or  association,  as  provided  by  section  one  of  this 
chapter. 

216.  Companies  Prohibited  from  Doing  Business.]  §  3. 

If  such  account  be  not  rendered  on  or  before  the  day  herein 
designated,  or  if  such  license  fee  shall  remain  unpaid  after  that 
day,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation,  company  or 
association  so  in  default,  to  transact  any  business  of  insurance  in 
this  city  until  the  said  requisitions  have  been  •  fully  complied 
with:  Provided ,  that  nothing  in  this  chapter  contained  shall 


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relieve  any  company,  corporation  or  association  from  the 
payment  of  any  risk  taken  in  violation  hereof:  And  provided , 
further ,  that  nothing  in  this  chapter  contained  shall  relieve  any 
such  corporation,  company  or  association  from  the  payment  of 
the  regular  city,  school,  library,  state,  county  and  such  other  tax 
which  shall  be  annually  assessed  and  levied  against  them. 

217.  Penalty.]  §  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  subject  to  prosecution 
by  indictment  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in  this 
county,  according  to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided. 
The  amount  of  said  license  fee  may  also  be  recovered  of  said 
corporation,  association  or  company,  or  its  agent,  by  an  action 
in  the  name  and  for  the  use  of  this  city  as  for  money  had  and 
received. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

LIBRARY  AND  READING  ROOM. 

218.  Name.]  §  1.  That  the  free  Public  Library  and 
Reading  Room  heretofore  established  for  the  use  of  the  inhabit¬ 
ants  of  this  city  is  hereby  endorsed,  and  shall  be  continued 
under  the  name  and  style  of  Centralia  Public  Library  and 
Reading  Room 

219.  Tax  Levy]  §  2.  There  shall  be  levied  annually  for 
the  support  and  maintainance  of  said  library  and  reading  room, 
such  tax  as  the  City  Council  may  determine  upon,  not  exceeding 
two  mills  on  the  dollar,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  Library 
Fund,  which  fund  shall  be  kept  by  the  City  Treasurer  separate 
and  apart  from  all  other  funds,  and  shall  be  paid  out  only  upon 
orders  drawn  by  the  proper  officers  of  said  city,  upon  *  properly 
authenticated  vouchers  of  the  Library  Board. 

220.  Board  of  Directors.]  §  3.  The  Board  of  Directors 
of  said  Library  shall  consist  of  nine  directors,  appointed  by  the 
Mayor  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  chosen  from  the 


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citizens  at  large,  either  male  or  female,  with  reference  to  their 
fitness  for  such  office,  but  not  more  than  one  member  of  the  City 
Council  shall  be  at  any  one  time  a  member  of  said  Board;  and 
the  Mayor  shall  annually  hereafter,  as  before,  appoint  on  or 
before  the  first  of  July,  three  members  to  fill  the  places  of  the 
three  out  going  members,  which  new  members  shall  hold  their 
office  for  a  term  of  three  years,  and  until  their  successors  are 
appointed. 

221.  Vacancies — How  Created  and  Filled.]  §  4.  When¬ 
ever  any  Director  of  said  Library  Board  shall  absent  himself  or 
herself  from  three  consecutive  meetings  of  said  Board,  unless 
excused  by  said  Board  of  Directors  for  sickness  of  self  or  family, 
or  absence  from  the  city,  his  office  as  Director  shall  become 
forfeited  and  vacant  without  removal,  which  vacancies,  and  such 
as  are  occasioned  by  removals  from  the  city,  resignations  or 
otherwise,  shall  be  reported  by  the  Board  to  the  City  Council, 
and  the  Mayor  may,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Ciiy  Council,  remove  any  Director  for  misconduct  or  neglect  of 
duty,  and  all  vacancies  shall  be  filled,  forthwith,  in  like  manner 
as  original  appointments  are  made.  No  Director  shall  receive 
compensation  as  such. 

222.  Injuring  Books  or  Neglecting  to  Return  Books.]  § 

5.  Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  or  maliciously  cut,  write 
upon,  injure,  deface,  tear  or  destroy,  any  newspaper,  book, 
plate,  picture,  engraving  or  other  thing  of  value  belonging  to 
the  said  Library  and  Reading  Room,  or  who  shall  fail  to  return 
any  book  belonging  to  said  Centralia  Public  Library  and 
Reading  Room,  according  to  the  requirements  of  the  by-laws, 
rules  and  regulations,  made  and  adopted  by  the  Directors  of  such 
Library  for  the  government  thereof,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars, 
and  shall  be  liable  for  the  damages  done  to  said  property,  besides; 
said  fine  when  collected  to  go  to  the  Library  Fund. 

22 3.  By=Laws.]  §  6.  Said  Board  of  Directors  shall 
exercise  all  the  powers  conferred  upon  such  Boards  by  the 
statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  shall  from  time  to  time 
adopt  and  enforce  such  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  for  the 


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government  of  said  Library  and  Reading  Room,  and  the  conduct 
of  the  patrons  thereof,  as  they  shall  deem  expedient,  and  they 
shall  have  the  power  to  prohibit  offenders  who  have  violated 
such  rules  and  regulations  from  patronizing  or  frequenting  the 
Reading  Room,  or  procuring  books  from  said  Library. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 

LICENSES- 

224.  License — How  Issued — Application.]  §  1.  All 

applications  for  license  shall  be  made  to  the  Mayor,  who  shall 
determine  upon  and  collect  the  fee  for  the  same.  Upon  granting 
the  license,  the  Mayor  shall  certify  the  same  to  the  City  Clerk, 
stating  the  amount  received  for  such  license,  the  time  it  is  to 
run,  the  business  for  which  it  is  granted,  and  the  particular 
place  where  the  business  for  which  it  is  granted  is  to  be 
conducted.  And  the  City  Clerk  upon  the  reception  of  such 
certificate  shall  issue  such  license  and  affix  the  city  seal  thereto. 

225.  License  Not  Assignable,  Except,  etc.]  §  2.  That 
no  license  granted  shall  be  assignable  or  transferable,  nor  shall 
any  person  be  authorized  to  do  business  or  act  under  such 
license,  except  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  it  is  granted,  or  at 
any  other  place  than  that  specified  therein,  without  the  consent 
of  the  City  Council,  which  consent  shall  be  certified  by  the  City 
Clerk  on  the  back  of  such  license:  Provided ,  this  shall  not 
be  construed  to  make  dram  shop  license  transferable,  nor  shall 
any  license  authorize  any  person  to  act  under  it  at  any  more 
than  one  place  at  the  same  time,  or  at  any  other  time  or  place 
than  is  therein  specified.  Whoever  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  deemed  to  be  acting  without 
license  and  be  punished  accordingly. 

226.  Term  Issued  For.]  §  3.  That  all  annual  licenses 
shall  expire  at  twelve  o’clock,  noon,  on  the  first  day  of  May 
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expire  on  the  first  day  of  August,  the  first  day  of  November,  the 
first  day  of  February  and  the  first  day  of  May  next  following 
their  issue.  And  the  license  fee  for  any  such  license  shall  be 
computed  from  the  first  day  of  the  month  in  which  such  license 
shall  be  issued. 

227.  Clerk  to  Keep  Register.]  §  4.  The  City  Clerk  shall 
keep  a  license  register  in  which  he  shall  enter  the  name  of  each 
person  licensed,  for  what  purpose,  the  place  of  business,  the  date 
of  the  license,  the  number  thereof,  the  amount  paid,  and  the 
date  of  the  expiration  of  the  same. 

228.  To  be  Posted  in  Place  of  Business.]  §  5.  Every 
person  or  persons  to  whom  any  license  shall  be  issued  under 
any  ordinance  of  this  city,  shall  forthwith  place  and  keep 
the  same  posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  in  his  office  or  place 
of  business,  and  any  person  failing  or  neglecting  so  to  do  shall 
be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

229.  In  Case  of  Death.]  §  6.  In  case  of  the  death  of 
any  person  licensed  under  any  of  the  ordinances  of  this  city, 
before  the  term  limited  in  his  said  license  shall  have  expired,, 
his  copartner,  if  any,  or  his  legal  representative  or 
representatives,  may  continue  to  act  under  such  license  for  the 
unexpired  term  thereof,  subject,  however,  to  the  conditions 
imposed  upon  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  same  was 
originally  issued,  and  upon  he  or  they  giving  new  bond  to  cover 
the  unexpired  term  of  said  license,  conditioned  as  other  dram 
shop  license  bonds. 

230.  Applicant  for  Dram  Shop  License  Shall  Give 
Bond.]  §  7.  The  applicant  or  applicants  for  a  dram  shop 
license  shall  first  give  bond  in  like  sum  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  now  is,  or  may  hereafter  be,  required  by  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  regulating  the  sales  of  intoxicating  liquors, 
with  the  additional  requirement  that  the  applicant  or  applicants 
will  pay  any  and  all  judgment  or  judgments  obtained  against 
him  or  them  by  the  city  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions 
of  the  ordinances  of  this  city  concerning  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors. 


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231.  Petitions.]  §  8.  The  person  or  persons  applying 
for  a  dram  shop  license,  in  addition  to  a  full  compliance  with  all 
the  other  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall  present  with  such 
application  a  petition  in  favor  of  such  license  issuing,  which 
petition  shall  be  signed  by  a  majority  of  all  the  owners  of  the 
real  estate  of  the  block  fronting  on  the  street  where  it  is  proposed 
to  carry  on  the  business,  and  also,  by  a  majority  of  the 
tenants  occupying  such  property  on  the  grade  floor.  Any  one 
family,  firm  or  place  of  business,  and  all  the  joint  owners  of  any 
one  piece  of  real  property  counting  one  and  no  more.  Such 
petition  shall  not  be  required  oftener  than  once  in  any  year, 
commencing  on  the  first  day  of  May:  Provided ,  it  shall,  by  its 
terms,  request  that  a  license  or  licenses  shall  issue,  covering  the 
period  of  one  year,  or  any  two  or  more  quarters  thereof. 

232.  Surety  on  Bond  for  Dram  Shop  Licenses.]  §  9. 

No  person  having  a  license  to  keep  a  dram  shop,  or  who  is  about 
to  apply  for  such  license,  shall  be  received  as  security  on  the 
bond  of  any  other  person  or  persons  under  this  chapter. 


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CHAPTER  XXVI. 

NUISANCES. 

233.  Buildings  and  Trades.]  §  1.  That  any  person  or 
persons  who  shall  erect,  continue,  use  or  suffer  any  building, 
structure,  or  other  place  for  the  exercise  of  any  trade,  employ¬ 
ment,  manufacture,  or  other  business,  which,  occasioning  noxious 
exhalations,  noisome  or  offensive  smells,  becomes  injurious  or 
dangerous  to  the  health,  comfort  or  property  of  any  individual, 
or  to  the  public,  or  shall  cause  or  suffer  to  be  placed  or  remain  in 
or  upon  any  lot  or  lots,  house,  building  or  other  place,  any 
stagnant  water  or  other  liquid,  any  dead,  stinking  or  putrid 
carcass,  or  any  offal,  filth,  garbage,  or  anything  prejudicial  to 
the  public  health,  shall  be  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nuisance,  and 
shall  proceed  to  remove  the  same  within  six  hours  from  the 
receipt  of  a  notice  from  the  City  Marshal.  Any  person  refusing 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and 
the  same  shall  be  removed  or  abated  at  the  expense  of  the  guilty 
party  or  parties  by  the  City  Marshal. 

234.  Hog  Pens,  etc.]  §  2.  An}^  owner  or  occupant  of 
any  house,  yard,  or  lot,  who  shall  keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept,, 
any  hogs,  or  other  animals,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  become 
offensive  and  annoying,  or  prejudicial  to  the  health  of  any  other 
citizen,  or  the  public,  shall  be  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nuisance, 
and  shall  proceed  to  remove  or  place  the  same  in  a  healthy  con¬ 
dition,  within  twenty-four  hours  from  the  receipt  of  a  notice 
from  the  City  Marshal,  and  upon  refusal  or  neglect  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section  such  offender  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars, 
and  such  premises  shall  be  removed  or  placed  in  a  healthy 
condition,  at  the  expense  of  the  party  or  parties  so  accused. 

235.  Hog  Pens  not  to  to  be  Kept  in  the  Populous  Portion 
of  the  City.]  §  3.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  keep 
or  cause  to  be  kept,  any  animal  of  the  species  of  hogs  or  swine  in 
any  pen,  sty  or  other  enclosure  within  the  populous  portion  or 


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portions  of  this  city  shall  he  deemed  to  be  guilty  of  maintaining 
a  nuisance,  and  shall  remove  the  same  within  twenty-four  hours 
from  the  receipt  of  a  notice  from  the  City  Marshal.  Any  person 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
for  the  first  offense,  and  to  a  further  fine  of  five  dollars  for  each 
day  such  nuisances  shall  be  continued  after  the  first  conviction. 

236.  Privies — When  a  Nuisance.]  §  4.  Whenever  any 
privy  or  privy  vault  shall  be  kept  or  permitted  to  remain  in  such 
a  condition  as  to  become  offensive  or  unwholesome  to  any  person 
in  the  vicinity  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance,  and 
any  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises  upon  which  such  privy  is 
located,  who*  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  abate  such  nuisance  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  being  notified  so  to  do  by  the  City 
Marshal,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  a  further  fine  of  five  dollars  for  every  da3^ 
thereafter  that  he  shall  allow  such  nuisance  to  continue. 

237.  Stagnant  Water.]  §  5.  An}^  lot  or  premises,  upon 
which  any  stagnant  water  may  be  standing,  so  as  to  become,  or 
likely  to  become,  putrid,  foul,  or  offensive,  or  detrimental  to  the 
health  of  person  or  persons  residing  in  the  neighborhood  thereof, 
is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  any  owner,  author  or  maker  of 
any  such  nuisance  who  shall  fail  to  remove  the  same  within 
twent-four  hours  after  being  notified  to  do  so  by  the  City 
Marshal,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hnndred  dollars  for  each  offense, 
and  for  each  and  every  day  thereafter  that  such  nuisance  remains 
he  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars. 

238.  Lot  or  Premises  Filled  up,  etc.]  §  6.  Any  lot  or 

premises  which  may  be  filled  up  or  otherwise  altered  so  as  to 
stop  the  natural  flow  of  water  and  create  a  stagnant  pond  01- 
pool  in  any  street  or  alley  of  this  city,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 
nuisance,  and  any  one  found  guilty  of  violating  this  section 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  sum  of  five 


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dollars  for  every  day  such  nuisance  shall  continue  after  such 
conviction. 

239.  City  Harshal  shall  Abate,  etc.]  §  7.  If  the  Mayor 
shall  deem  it  necessary,  he  shall  give  notice  to  the  City  Marshal 
to  abate  any  nuisance  in  this  chapter  described,  and  the  City 
Marshal  is  hereby  commanded,  and  it  is  hereby  made  his  duty, 
to  enter  and  abate  such  nuisance,  and  the  cost  of  the  same  shall 
be  recovered  by  the  city  in  an  action  of  debt  against  said  owner, 
author  or  maker. 

240.  Nuisance — Notice  to  Owner  to  Abate.]  §  8.  When 
any  nuisance,  or  anything  likely  to  become  a  nuisance,  may  be 
found  upon  any  premises  within  said  city,  or  within  one  mile  of 
the  corporate  limits  of  this  city,  and  the  person  causing  such 
nuisance  or  the  owner  of  the  said  premises  is  unknown  or  cannot 
be  found  within  the  city,  the  City  Marshal  shall  proceed  to  abate 
the  same,  after  first  giving  five  days  notice  by  posting  on  the 
premises. 

241.  Nuisance — Dead  Animal,  etc.]  §  9.  The  owner  or 
possessor  of  any  animal  which  may  die,  or  be  found  dead,  within 
said  city,  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  cause  the 
carcass  to  be  removed  from  out  the  corporate  limits  of  the  said 
city,  and  at  least  three  hundred  yards  from  the  residence  or 
place  of  business  of  every  person.  Whoever  shall  fail  to  comply 
with  any  of  the  requirements  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

242.  Stock  Yards,  Cattle  Pens,  Etc.]  §  10.  All  cattle 
pens,  stock  lots,  stock  yards,  chutes,  and  other  places  within  the 
city  used  for  shipping,  loading,  or  unloading  any  horses,  mules, 
cattle,  sheep  or  hogs,  which  may  be  detrimental  or  obnoxious  to 
the  health  or  comfort  of  person  or  persons  residing  or  doing 
business  in  the  neighborhood  thereof,  by  reason  of  the  filthy 
condition  of  the  same,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  nuisances; 
and  the  person  or  corporation  having  charge  or  control  of 
such  cattle  pens,  or  stock  yards,  who  shall  neglect,  or  fail, 
or  refuse  to  remedy  or  abate  such  nuisance,  after  being 


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notified  so  to  do  by  the  City  Marshal,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  day  after 
the  first  conviction  that  the  said  nuisance  shall  be  continued. 

243.  Slaughter,  etc.]  §  11.  Whoever  shall  within  the 
limits  of  this  city  establish  or  maintain  any  slaughter  or  packing 
house,  or  carry  on  the  business  of  slaughtering  or  butchering 
cattle,  sheep,  swine  or  other  stock,  shall  be  guilty  of  creating  a 
nuisance,  and  any  person  causing  or  continuing  any  such 
nuisance,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense, 
and  to  a  further  fine  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  after 
the  first  conviction  that  any  such  nuisance  shall  remain. 

244.  Houses  of  111  Fame,  etc.]  §  12.  That  all  houses  or 
tenements  within  the  corporate  limits  or  the  city  of  Centralia, 
kept  or  used  as  houses  of  ill  fame,  assignation  houses,  or  place 
for  the  practice  of  fornication,  are  hereby  declared  a  public 
nuisance,  and  any  and  all  persons  found  therein  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  keeping,  supporting,  or  maintaining  a  public  nuisance, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  eight  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

245.  ^tables,  etc — Shall  be  Kept  Clean.]  §  13.  That 
the  owner  or  keeper  of  any  stable  or  place  where  any  cows,  horses, 
or  other  animals  may  be  housed,  shall  keep  the  same  at  all  times 
in  a  clean  and  wholesome  condition,  and  shall  not  allow  any 
animal  to  be  or  remain  therein  while  infected  with  any  disease, 
contagious  or  pestilential,  without  a  permit,  in  writing,  from  the 
Mayor,  and  any  one  guilty  of  violating  this  section  .shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

246.  Buildings  in  Danger  of  Falling.]  §  14.  Any 

building,  wall,  tower,  chimney,  or  other  structure,  or  any  part 
thereof,  within  this  city,  which  shall  be  in  danger  of  falling,  or 
otherwise  in  such  condition  as  to  be  unsafe  for  person  passing 
under  or  near  the  same,  or  residing  adjacent  thereto,  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  any  owner  or  agent,  or  person  in 
control  of  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  who  shall  fail  to  proceed 


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to  abate  the  same  within  twenty-four  hours  after  receiving  notice 
so  to  do  from  the  City  Marshal,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
maintaining  a  nuisance,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars.  In  case  the  owner  or  agent  of  such  building  or 
structure  cannot  be  found,  the  officer  shall  report  the  fact  to  the 
City  Council,  who  may  order  the  tearing  down  of  the  same  or 
any  part  thereof. 

247.  Wooden  Buildings  Within  Fire  Limits.]  §  15. 

Any  wooden  building,  or  wooden  part  of  any  building, 
within  the  fire  limits  of  this  city,  which  may  be  located  within 
twenty  feet  of  any  adjacent  building,  and  which  shall  be  so 
delapidated  or  out  of  repair  as  to  be  untenantable  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  any  owner  or  person  in  control  of 
such  building  who  shall  fail  to  proceed  to  abate  the  same  within 
five  days  after  receiving  notice  so  to  do  by  the  City  Marshal, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  after  such  notice 
that  he  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  do  so.  And  upon  such  neglect  or 
refusal  the  City  Council  may  order  any  such  building  or  part  of 
any  such  building  to  be  taken  down  or  removed. 

248.  General  Provisions.]  §  16.  In  all  cases  wherein  no 
provision  i-s  herein  made  defining  what  are  nuisances,  and 
directing  how  the  same  may  be  removed  and  abated,  in  addition 
to  what  may  be  declared  such  herein,  those  offenses  which  are 
known  to  the  common  law  of  the  land  and  the  statutes  of 
Illinois,  as  nuisances,  may,  in  case  the  same  exists  within  the 
city  limits,  be  treated  as  such  and  proceeded  against  as  in  cases 
of  nuisances  herein  provided  for,  and  the  penalty  for  commission 
of  any  such  offense  shall  be  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XXVII. 

NUMBERING  HOUSES. 

249.  Duty  to  Number  Houses.]  §1.  It  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  owners  or  occupants  of  all  buildings  in  the  City 
of  Centralia  to  number  them  in  the  manner  hereinafter  set  forth, 
and  to  have  the  numbers  thereof  conspicuously  painted  upon 
that  portion  of  the  building  which  fronts  upon  the  public  street, 
or  upon  the  door,  or  above  the  same,  so  that  said  number  can  be 
plainly  discerned  and  read  from  the  street;  and  any  owner  or 
occupant  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  so  to  number  the  building 
occupied  or  owned  by  him,  for  a  period  of  thirty  days  after 
having  been  notified  so  to  do  by  the  Street  Commissioner,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  five  dollars,  and  an  additional  fine  of  one 
dollar  per  day  for  every  day  he  shall  continue  to  neglect  to 
put  such  number  upon  such  building,  after  the  first  conviction 
hereunder. 

250.  Division  Streets.]  §  2.  The  division  line  between 
the  north  and  the  south  side  of  said  city  shall  be  Broadway  and 
its  extension  on  the  east,  and  Miller  or  Fair  Ground  Avenue  on 
the  west  end  of  Broadway;  and  the  division  line  between  the  east 
and  west  sides  of  the  city  shall  be  ihe  right  of  way  of  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  Company. 

251.  System.]  §  3.  All  buildings  in  this  city  shall  be 
numbered  according  to  the  decimal  system,  and  one  hundred 
numbers  shall  be  assigned  to  each  lineal  block  of  each  street, 
which  hundred  numbers  shall  be  divided  equally,  fifty  on  each 
side  of  such  street.  The  first  number  on  each  side  of  Broadway 
and  its  extensions  shall  be  one  hundred  (100);  that  portion 
of  all  streets  running  north  and  south  crossing  said  division 
line,  lying  upon  the  north  side  thereof,  shall  be  designated  by 
the  prefix  North,  and  that  portion  lying  to  the  south  shall  be 
designated  by  the  prefix  South;  the  even  numbers  shall  be 
on  the  west  side  of  said  streets  running  north  and  south,  and 
the  odd  numbers  on  the  east  side  of  said  streets.  The  first 


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number  on  each  side  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  right  of 
way  shall  be  one  hundred  (100);  that  portion  of  all  streets 
crossing  said  right  of  way  which  lie  on  the  west  side  thereof 
shall  be  designated  by  the  prefix  West,  and  that  portion  lying  on 
the  east  side  shall  be  designated  by  the  prefix  Hast;  all  odd 
numbers  on  streets  running  east  and  west  shall  be  upon  the  south 
side  of  such  streets  and  the  even  numbers  shall  be  upon  the 
north  side  thereof. 

252.  Numbers  Assigned  by  Street  Commissioner.]  §  4. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  upon  application 
to  him  for  that  purpose,  to  assign  and  establish  all  house 
numbers  in  this  city  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
allowing,  as  far  as  practicable,  one  number  for  each  twenty  (20) 
feet  frontage;  and  he  shall  prepare  and  keep  a  record  of  all 
numbers  so  assigned  by  him,  the  amount  of  frontage  allowed 
therefor,  and  the  exact  location  thereof,  which  information  he 
shall  furnish  upon  request  of  any  property  owner  or  occupant 
desiring  the  same. 


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CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

OFFENSES  AGAINST  PUBLIC  MORALS  AND  DECENCY. 

253.  Open  Lewdness.]  §  1.  Whoever  shall  be  guilty  of 
open  lewdness,  disorderly  conduct,  loud  and  profane  swearing, 
using  any  obscene  or  vulgar  language,  or  other  act  of  public 
indecency,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

254.  Houses  of  III  Fame.]  §  2.  Whoever  keeps  or 
maintains  a  house  of  ill  fame,  assignation  house,  place  for  the 
practice  of  prostitution  or  lewdness,  or  shall  keep  a  common, 
or  illrgoverned  and  disorderly  house  to  the  encouragement  of 
idleness,  gaming,  drinking,  fornication  or  other  misbehavior,  or 
whoever  patronizes  the  same,  or  shall  be  found  therein,  or  shall 
be  an  inmate  thereof,  or  lets  any  house,  room,  or  other  premises 
for  any  such  purpose,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  eight  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars;  and  whoever  shall  as  agent, 
owner  or  otherwise,  lease  to  another  any  house,  room  or  other 
premises,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  of  the  uses  or  purposes 
finable  under  this  section,  or  knowingly  permits  the  same  to  be 
used  or  occupied,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars.  And  for  every  twenty-four  hours  the 
said  lessee  shall  be  permitted  by  such  agent,  owner  or  person  in 
control,  to  remain,  after  conviction  for  keeping  such  house, 
without  taking  legal  action  to  eject  such  lessee,  he  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  the  further  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars. 

255.  Keeping  Tippling  Houses  Open  on  Sunday.]  §  3. 

Whoever  keeps  open  any  tippling  house,  or  place  where  intoxi¬ 
cating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away,  or  shall  sell  or  give  away 
any  intoxicating  liquor  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  commonly 
called  Sunday,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

256.  Late  Hours.]  §  4.  All  persons  found  loitering 
upon  or  found  walking  the  streets  of  the  city  between  the  hours 
of  11  o’clock  in  the  afternoon  and  4  o’clock  in  the  forenoon  of 


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the  succeeding  day  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars:  Provided ,  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  persons  of  good  demeanor  necessarily 
upon  the  streets  in  the  pursuit  of  any  legitimate  business  or 
object. 

257.  Consorting  With  Lewd  Women.]  §  5.  Any 

person  or  persons  found  consorting  with  a  prostitute  or  lewd 
woman  within  the  city,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

258.  Vagabonds  and  Vagrants.]  §  6.  All  persons  who 
are  idle  and  dissolute,  and  who  go  about  begging;  all  persons  who 
use  any  juggling  or  other  unlawful  games  or  plays;  run-aways; 
pilferers;  confidence  men;  common  drunkards;  common  night- 
walkers;  lewd,  wanton  and  lascivious  persons,  in  speech  or 
behavior;  common  railers  and  brawlers;  persons  who  are 
habitually  neglectful  of  their  employment  or  their  calling,  and 
do  not  lawfully  provide  for  themselves,  or  for  the  support  of 
their  families;  and  all  persons  who  are  idle  or  dissolute  and  who 
neglect  all  lawful  business,  and  who  habitually  mis-spend  their 
time  by  frequenting  houses  of  ill  fame,  gaming  houses  or  tippling 
shops;  all  persons  lodging  in,  or  found  in  the  night  time  in  out 
houses,  sheds,  barns  or  unoccupied  buildings  or  lodging  in  the 
open  air,  and  not  giving  a  good  account  of  themselves;  and 
all  persons  who  are  known  to  be  theives,  burglars,  or 
pickpockets,  either  by  their  own  confession,  or  otherwise,  or 
by  having  been  convicted  of  larency,  buglary,  or  other  crimes 
against  the  laws  of  this  State,  punishable  by  imprisonment  in 
the  state  prison,  or  in  a  house  of  correction  of  any  city,  and 
having  no  lawful  means  of  support,  are  habitually  found  prowling 
around  any  railroad  depot,  banking  institutions,  broker’s  office, 
places  of  public  amusement,  auction  room,  store,  shop  or 
crowded  thoroughfare,  car  or  omnibus,  or  any  public  gathering 
or  assembly,  or  lounging  about  any  court  room,  private  dwelling 
houses  or  out  houses,  or  are  found  in  any  house  of  ill  fame,  gamb¬ 
ling  houses,  or  tippling  shop,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  they  are 
declared  to  be  vagabonds,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 


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259.  Night  Prowlers.]  §  7.  Whoever  in  the  night  time 
shall  prowl  around  or  loiter  in  the  vicinity  of,  or  upon,  any  private 
grounds  or  dwelling,  or  in  a  barn,  shed  or  outhou.se,  or  peep  in  at 
any  windows  or  doors  of  private  dwellings,  or  whoever  shall  be 
found  prowling  or  loitering  in  any  public  or  private  alley  or  in 
the  vicinity  of  any  store,  building  or  other  business  house,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

260.  Curfew.]  §  8.  That  the  Night  Watchman  shall,  at 
the  hour  of  8  o’clock  p.  m.,  tap  the  fire  bell  eight  distinct  taps, 
after  which  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  to  be  on  the  streets  of  said  city,  except  such  as 
are  out  necessarily,  or  on  errand.  A  violation  of  this  section 
shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

OFFENSES  AFFECTING  THE  PUBLIC  PEACE. 

261.  Intoxication.]  §  1.  Whoever  shall  be  found  upon 
any  street,  highway  or  other  public  place  intoxicated,  or  under 
the  influence  of  liquor,  or  whoever  being  intoxicated  shall 
disturb  the  peace  of  the  public,  or  his  own  or  any  other  private 
family,  in  any  private  building  or  place,  or  shall  be  guilty  of 
disorderly  conduct  in  any  public  or  private  place,  in  this  city, 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense.  But  the  Magistrate  may  remit 
the  fine  and  costs,  in  whole  or  in  part,  when  the  offender  has  not 
disturbed  the  peace,  if  he  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  public  welfare 
and  the  good  of  the  defendant  requires  it. 

262.  Assault  and  Battery.]  §  *2.  Whoever  shall  be 
guilty  of  assault,  or  assault  and  battery,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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263.  Disturbance  of  Peace.]  §  3.  Whoever,  at  any 
time,  disturbs  the  peace  and  quiet  of  the  city,  or  any  family,  by 
loud  and  unusual  noises,  or  by  tumultuous  and  offensive  carriage, 

threatening,  traducing,  quarreling,  challenging  to  fight,  or 
fighting,  or  whoever  shall  carry  concealed  weapons,  or  in  a 
threatening  manner  display  any  pistol,  knife,  slung  shot,  brass, 
steel  or  iron  knuckles,  or  other  deadly  weapon,  day  or  night, 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

264.  Weapons — Deadly  and  Concealed.]  $  4.  Whoever 
shall  within  said  city,  wear  or  carry  concealed  about  his  person, 
any  pistol,  revolver,  slung  shot,  metallic  knuckles,  bowie  knife, 
dirk,  razor,  or  other  dangerous  or  deadly  weapon,  or  whoever 
shall  display  or  flourish  any  such  weapon  in  a  boisterous  or 
threatening  manner,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

265.  Disturbing  Religious  Meetings.]  §  5.  Whoever 
by  menace,  profane  swearing,  or  any  disorderly  or  unusual 
conduct,  interrupts  or  disturbs  any  assembly  of  people  met  for 
the  worship  of  God,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  eight  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

266.  Disturbing  School  or  other  Lawful  Assembly.]  § 

6.  Whoever  interrupts  or  disturbs  any  school  or  other  assembly 
of  people  met  for  lawful  purpose,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
eight  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

767.  Disturbing  Funeral.]  §  7.  Whoever  wilfully 
interrupts  or  disturbs  any  funeral  assembly  or  procession,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 

268.  Rout.]  §  8.  If  two  or  more  persons  shall  meet  to 
do  an  unlawful  act  within  said  city,  upon  a  common  cause  of 
quarrel,  and  make  advances  toward  it,  they  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  rout,  and  shall  be  severally  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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269.  Riot.]  $  9.  If  two  or  more  persons  actually  do  an 
unlawful  act  with  force  or  violence  against  the  person  or  property 
of  another,  with  or  without  a  common  cause  of  quarrel,  or  even 
do  a  lawful  act  in  a  violent  or  tumultuous  manner  within  said 
city,  the  persons  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  riot,  and 
shall  be  severally  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

270.  Affrays.]  §  10.  If  two  or  more  persons  shall,  by 
agreement,  fight  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  the 
persons  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  affray,  and 
severally  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars. 

271.  Unlawful  Assemblies.]  §11.  If  two  or  more 
persons  shall  assemble  together  to  do  an  unlawful  act,  and 
separate  without  doing  or  advancing  towards  it,  such  persons 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  unlawful  assembly,  and  be  severally 
fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

272.  Failure  to  Disp^rss.  j  §  12.  If  two  or  more  persons 
assemble,  for  the  purpose  of  disturbing  the  public  peace,  or 
committing  any  unlawful  act,  and  do  not  disperse  on  being 
requested  or  commanded  so  to  do  by  the  Mayor,  Marshal,  Police 
Magistrate,  or  other  public  officer,  the  persons  so  offending  shall 
be  severally  fined  not  -less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

273.  Boys  Assemblying.]  §  13.  Any  two  or  more  boys, 
or  other  persons,  who,  in  the  night  time,  may  be  assembled 
together  and  disturbing  any  lawful  assemblage  of  persons,  or 
making  any  unusual  noise  or  disturbance,  to  the  disquiet  of  the 
neighborhood  or  of  any  citizen,  or  who  may  be  found  loitering 
or  strolling  about,  or  who  shall  not  disperse  and  go  to  their 
several  homes  when  ordered  by  the  Mayor,  City  Marshal,  an 
Alderman,  or  other  police  officer,  shall  each  severally  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  six  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XXX. 

OFFENSES  AFFECTING  THE  PUBLIC  SAFETY. 

274.  Discharging  Fire  Arms,  etc.]  §  1.  That  no  person 
shall  fire  or  discharge  any  gun,  pistol,  cannon,  or  fire-arms  of  any 
description,  or  fire,  explode  or  set  off  any  squib,  cracker,  or  other 
thing  containing  powder,  or  combustible  or  explosive  material, 
within  the  limits  of  said  city,  without  the  written  permission 
from  the  Mayor,  which  permission  or  proclamation  shall  limit  the 
time  of  such  firing,  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  revoked  by  the 
Mayor  at  any  time  after  it  has  been  granted.  Any  violation  here¬ 
of  shall  subject  the  party  offending  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

275.  Fast  Driving.]  §  2.  No  person  shall  immoderately 
ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  mule  on  or  upon  any  avenue,  street  or 
alley,  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars.  And  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  officer,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
any  citizen  to  stop  any  person  who  may  be  immoderately  riding 
or  driving  as  aforesaid. 

276.  Slings  or  Sling  Shots,]  §  3.  No  person  shall  use 
any  sling  or  sling  shot,  of  any  description  or  material,,  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  this  city,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

277.  Throwing  Hissiles  or  Stones.  §  4.  No  person  shall 
throw  or  cast  any  stone,  or  any  other  missile,  upon  or  at  any 
building,  tree,  or  any  other  public  or  private  property,  or  upon 
or  at  any  person  or  persons  in  any  street,  avenue,  alley,  public 
place,  or  in  any  inclosed  or  uninclosed  ground  in  said  city,  or 
wantonly  strike  any  post,  fence  or  window,  or  aid  or  abet  in  the 
same,  under  a  penalty  for  each  offense  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

278.  Leaving  Animals  Unhitched.]  §  5.  No  person 
shall  leave  any  horse,  horses  or  other  animals,  attached  to  any 
carriage,  wagon,  cart„  sleigh,  sled,  or  other  vehicle,  in  any  of  the 


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streets  or  alleys  of  the  said  city  without  securely  fastening  such 
horse,  horses  or  other  animals,  and  detaching  the  traces  or  tugs 
from  said  vehicle,  under  a  penalty  for  each  offense  of  not  less 
than  live  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

279.  Open  Cellar  Doors.]  §  6.  Any  person  who  shall 
keep  or  leave  open  any  cellar  door,  or  well,  or  cistern,  or  grating 
of  any  vault,  on  any  highway,  sidewalk  or  uninclosed  grounds, 
or  suffer  the  same  to  be  left  or  kept  open,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  eight  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

280.  Obstructions  to  Lobby s  and  Passage  ways  in  Public 
Buildings.]  §  7.  No  chairs,  stools  or  seats  of  any  description, 
shall  be  placed  or  permitted  to  remain  in  or  across  the  lobby, 
aisles  or  passage  ways  in  any  theatre,  hall  or  other  public 
building,  when  the  same  is  occupied  by  the  public,  under  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  eachoffense. 

281.  Doors  of  Public  Buildings  to  Swing  Outwards]  §  8. 

All  persons  owning,  managing,  leasing  or  having  charge  of  any 
church,  theatre,  opera  house,  public  hall  or  other  public  build¬ 
ing,  shall  be  required  to  have  all  doors  leading  to  or  from  the 
same  hung  so  as  to  open  out  therefrom,  under  a  penalty  for 
each  offense  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars. 

282.  Obstructing  Entrance  to  Public  Buildings.]  §  9. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  stand  in  the 
lobby  or  outer  entrance  of  any  theatre,  opera  house,  church  or 
other  public  building,  or  on  the  sidewalk  adjacent  thereto,  and 
within  fifty  feet  of  such  entrance,  and  by  so  doing  obstruct  the 
entrance  or  lobby  thereto,  or  disturb  the  peace,  quiet  or  enjoy¬ 
ment  of  the  occupants  thereof,  after  a  request  is  made  to  move  by 
the  owner,  lessee,  or  any  other  person  in  charge,  or  any  police 
officer,  under  a  penalty  for  each  offense  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

283.  Games,  Exhibitions,  etc.,  on  Streets  and  Sidewalks.] 

§  10.  No  person  shall  engage  in  any  game,  sport  or  amuse- 


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ment,  or  exhibit  any  animal  or  machine,  or  do  any  other  thing 
on  the  streets  or  sidewalks  which  will  have  a  tendency  to 
frighten  horses,  or  interfere  with  teams  or  vehicles,  or  persons 
passing  along  the  streets  or  sidewalks,  under  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

284.  Throwing  Water  from  a  Hydrant  on  a  Person.]  § 

1 1 .  Whoever  shall  wilfully  turn  a  stream  of  water  from  any 
fire  hose,  hydrant,  or  connection  of  any  kind  or  nature  with  the 
water  pipes  or  mains,  upon  any  person  or  upon  any  private 
premises  on  the  occasion  of  any  exhibit  or  tournament  or  other¬ 
wise,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

285.  Blowing  Police  Whistles.]  §  12.  Whoever  shall 
sound  any  police  whistle  or  ring  any  alarm  bell  without  any 
sufficient  cause  within  the  city,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

286.  Throwing  Slops  From  Upper  Windows.  ]  §  13-  It 

shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  throw  or  cast  any 
water,  slops  or  other  things,  from  any  door  or  window  above  the 
first  story  of  any  building  into  any  street  or  alley  in  said  city. 
Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XXXI. 

OFFICERS — GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

287.  Who  Eligible  .]  §  1.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to 

any  office  under  the  city  government  who  is  not  a  qualified  voter 
of  the  Citv  of  Centralia,  and  who  shall  not  have  resided  therein 
at  least  one  year  next  preceding  his  election  or  appointment, 
nor  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  office  who  is  a  defaulter  to  the 
corporation . 

288.  Oath  and  Bond.]  §  2.  All  officers  of  said  city, 
whether  elected  or  appointed,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  or 
affirmation  prescribed  by  law  therefor,  and  all  such  officers, 
except  the  Aldermen,  shall  execute  a  bond  payable  to  the  City 
of  Centralia,  as  provided  by  the  chapter  relative  thereto,  which 
official  bonds  shall  have  a  certificate  of  acknowledgment  of  the 
principal  and  sureties  attached  thereto  by  some  officer  author¬ 
ized  to  take  acknowledgment  of  deeds;  upon  the  approval  of 
said  bonds  by  the  City  Council,  the  City  Clerk  shall  endorse  the 
date  of  said  approval  thereon,  and  shall  file  the  same,  together 
with  the  oath  of  such  officer,  in  his  office:  Provided ,  however , 
the  City  Clerk’s  bond  shall  be  filed  with  the  Mayor. 

289.  New  Bonds.]  $  3.  Whenever  the  City  Council  shall 
be  of  the  opinion  that  the  security  upon  an  official  bond  is  insuffi¬ 
cient,  from  death,  insolvency,  or  removal  of  sureties  from  the 
city,  or  any  of  them,  or  when  for  any  cause  such  bond  shall 
be  deemed  insufficient,  the  City  Council  may  require  such 
official  to  give  additional  and  satisfactory  security  on  his  said 
bond;  any  officer  who  shall  neglect  or  fail  for  a  period  of  ten 
days  to  furnish  new  or  additional  security,  after  being  notified  so 
to  do,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  vacated  his  office. 

290.  Officers  to  be  Commissioned.]  §  4.  When  any 
person  elected  or  appointed  to  an  office  in  the  City  of  Centralia 
shall  have  qualified  as  aforesaid,  (except  the  Mayor,  City  Clerk, 
and  Aldermen),  the  City  Clerk  shall  make  out  and  deliver  to 
such  officer  a  commission  under  the  corporate  seal,  signed  by 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


the  Mayor  and  attested  by  the  City  Clerk.  The  Mayor  shall 
issue  a  certificate  of  election  to  the  City  Clerk  under  the 
corporate  seal.  All  commissions  shall  set  forth  the  day  of 
election  or  appointment,  the  title  of  the  office,  and  the  term  for 
which  the  same  shall  be  holden. 

291.  Reports — flonthly  and  Annual.  ]  §  5-  All 

officers  of  said  city  shall  at  the  close  of  each  month  prepare  a 
written  report  and  submit  the  same  to  the  City  Council  at  its. 
next  ensuing  meeting,  setting  forth  in  detail  all  the  transactions 
of  their  respective  offices,  and  all  moneys  and  other  property 
received,  all  expenditures  by  them  made  during  said  time,  and  the 
balance  on  hand  in  each  fund  of  which  they  keep  account.  Said 
officers  shall  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  prepare  and  submit  to 
the  City  Council  a  detailed  report  of  all  the  transactions  of  their 
respective  offices  for  the  preceding  year,  setting  forth  fully  the 
amount  on  hand  in  the  several  funds  of  which  they  are  severally 
required  by  law  to  keep  account,  at  the  beginning  of  said  preced¬ 
ing  fiscal  year,  the  receipts  and  expenditures  thereof,  and  the 
balance  on  hands  in  said  several  funds  at  the  close  of  said  fiscal 
year,  and  such  other  matters  and  things  as  are  required  by  the 
statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the  ordinances  of  this  city. 

292.  Pay  to  Treasurer.]  §  6.  All  officers  of  this  city 
who  shall  by  virtue  of  their  office  receive  any  money  for  the  use 
of  the  city  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  calendar  month,  pay  over 
the  same  to  the  City  Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  a 
duplicate  of  which  receipt  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  by 
the  Treasurer  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  next  ensuing 
month. 

293.  Officers  Liable  for  Neglect.]  §  7.  All  officers 
shall  be  liable  to  the  city  for  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  result 
from  their  negligence  or  wilful  misconduct  in  the  discharge  of 
any  official  duty;  and  the  City  Council  may  in  its  discretion,  by 
order,  withhold  the  salary  of  any  such  officer  to  secure  the  city 
from  loss. 

294.  Officer  to  Deliver  Property  to  Successor.]  §  8. 

Any  person  having  been  an  officer  of  said  city  shall,  within  five 
days  after  notification  and  request  thereto,  deliver  to  his  successor 


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in  office  all  property,  books  and  effects  of  every  description 
in  his  posession  or  control  belonging  to  the  city  or  appertaining 
to  his  said  office;  and  upon  his  neglect  or  refusal  so  to  do  he 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  in  a 
separate  suit  for  damages  caused  by  such  neglect  or  refusal. 


MAYOR. 

295.  Bond.]  §  9.  The  Mayor,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  execute  a  bond  with  two  or  more  good 
and  sufficient  sureties,  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the 
penal  sum  of  Five  Thousand  Dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties 
of  his  office  and  the  payment  into  the  city  treasury  of  all 
monies  which  may  come  to  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office, 
according  to  the  charter  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  the 
statute  of  the  State  of  Illinois  relative  thereto. 

296.  Rights  and  Duties.]  §  10.  The  Mayor  shall  be  the 
chief  executive  officer  of  the  city,  and  ex-officio  an  active  mem¬ 
ber  of  all  committees  of  the  City  Council ;  he  shall  take  care  that 
all  the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city  are  duly 
enforced,  respected  and  obeyed  within  the  limits  of  the  city.  He 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  the  City  Council  information  in  re¬ 
lation  to  the  affairs  of  the  citv,  and  recommend  to  its  considera- 

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tion  such  measures  as  he  may  deem  important  to  the  interests  of 
the  city,  and  shall  sign  all  ordinances  passed  by  the  City  Council. 

297.  Appointing  and  Removal  and  Supervision  of  other 
City  Officers.]  §  11.  The  Mayor  shall  have  the  power  to  ap¬ 
point  all  officers  of  the  city,  whose  election  is  not  provided  for 
by  the  statute  or  ordinance,  with  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council,  and  to  remove  the  same  for  cause,  in  the  manner  pre¬ 
scribed  by  the  statute.  He  shall  have  general  supervision  over 
all  city  officers,  and  may,  as  often  as  he  shall  deem  it  necessary, 
examine  into  the  condition  of  their  respective  offices,  the  books, 
papers  and  records  thereof,  the  manner  of  conducting  their  busi¬ 
ness,  and  may  call  upon  any  officer  of  the  city  for  information  in 
relation  to  any  matter  pertaining  to  the  functions  of  his  office. 


170  GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY* 

298.  Duties  and  Power  Conferred  by  Statute.]  §  12. 

Reference  shall  be  had  to  the  revised  statute  of  this  State  for  the 
veto  power  and  other  powers  conferred  and  the  duties  imposed 
upon  Mayors  of  cities,  and  the  said  provisions  are  hereby  made 
a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

299.  Mayor  to  Report  Neglect  of  Duty.]  $  13.  The 

Mayor  shall  report  to  the  City  Council  all  violations  or  neglect  of 
duty  on  the  part  of  any  city  officer  which  shall  come  to  his 
knowledge;  and  when  he  believes  the  city  funds  or  property  are 
liable  to  be  lost,  or  injured  by  such  violation  or  neglect  he  may 
immediately  convene  the  City  Council  to  take  action  in  relation 
thereto. 

300.  Signing  Contracts  in  Behalf  of  the  City.]  §  14.  In 

all  contracts  between  the  city  and  another  party,  he  shall  sign  the 
same  in  behalf  of  the  city,  and  it  shall  be  his  special  duty  to  see 
that  the  other  party  contracting  faithfully  performs  or  complies 
with  his  or  their  part  of  the  contract.  . 

301.  Assist  Attorney  in  Suits  of  City.]  §  15*  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  advise  with  and  assist  the  City 
Attorney  in  collecting  the  evidence  and  the  preparation  of  ail 
suits  wherein  the  City  of  Centralia  is  a  party,  and  to  have 
general  supervision  over  the  same. 

CITY  CLERK. 

302.  Bond.]  §  16.  The  City  Clerk  shall,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  City  of 
Centralia  in  the  penal  sum  of  Two  Thousand  Dollars,  with  two 
or  more  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the 
payment  of  all  moneys  which  shall  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue 
of  his  said  office,  and  that  he  will  comply  with  all  ordinances 
and  resolutions  passed,  or  which  may  be  passed,  in  relation  to 
his  official  duties. 

303.  Duties  Prescribed  by  Statute.]  §  17.  That  all  the 
duties  of  City  Clerk,  and  City  Comptrollers,  as  prescribed  by  the 
statutes  of  this  State,  relative  to  cities  and  villages,  are  hereby 
referred  to  and  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance,  and  are  to  be  con¬ 
sidered  in  connection  herewith. 


DUTIES  OF  CITY  CLERK. 


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304.  Duties.]  §  18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Clerk  to  attend  all  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the  City  Coun¬ 
cil,  keep  a  correct  journal  of  all  the  proceedings  and  record  the 
same  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  record  in  a  sep¬ 
arate  book  all  ordinances  from  time  to  time  passed  by  the  City 
Council,  and  cause  all  ordinances  imposing  any  fine,  penalty,  im¬ 
prisonment,  or  forfeiture,  or  making  any  appropriation  and  such 
others  as  the  City  Council  direct,  to  be  published  within  one 
month  from  the  passage  thereof  at  least  once  in  some  newspaper 
of  general  circulation  published  in  this  city,  and  he  shall  note  in 
said  record  of  ordinances  the  date  of  the  passage,  and  if  pub¬ 
lished,  add  his  certificate,  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  of  the  publi¬ 
cation  thereof.  He  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  papers,  books, 
maps,  contracts,  deeds,  leases,  and  other  documents  belonging  to 
the  city,  and  not  in  actual  use  of  other  city  officers;  and  shall, 
without  delay,  deliver  to  the  City  Council  all  communications  or 
documents  addressed  to  the  same.  The  City  Clerk  shall  provide, 
at  the  expense  of  the  city,  all  the  necessary  books  and  stationery 
for  the  use  of  the  City  Council.  He  shall  keep  a  correct  account 
between  the  Collector  of  Taxes  on  real  and  personal  property,  in 
both  Marion  and  Clinton  counties,  and  the  city,  also  an  account 
between  the  City  Treasurer  and  the  city,  and  between  the  County 
Treasurers  of  Marion  and  Clinton  counties  and  the  city.  He 
shall  open  and  keep  in  a  clear  and  methodical  manner  a  complete 
set  of  books,  wherein  shall  be  stated,  among  other  things,  the 
appropriations  for  the  year  for  each  distinct  branch  of  expendi¬ 
ture,  and  also  receipts  from  each  and  every  source  of  revenue,  so 
far  as  he  can  ascertain  the  same.  He  shall  countersign  all  war¬ 
rants  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer,  and  state  therein  the  particular 
fund  or  appropriation  to  vwfuch  the  same  is  chargable,  the  number 
of  the  same,  the  person  to  whom  payable,  and  date,  and  no  money 
shall  be  otherwise  paid  by  the  City  Treasurer  than  upon  such 
warrants  so  drawn  ;  and  he  shall  report  at  the  first  regular  meeting 
in  each  month  the  condition  of  each  particular  fund,  or  appro¬ 
priation.  And  the  City  Clerk  shall  do  and  perform  such  other 
duties  as  shall  be  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  this  city, 
or  the  resolution  of  the  City  Council. 


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CITY  TREASURER. 

305.  Bond.]  §  19.  The  City  Treasurer,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  execute  a  bond  with  two  or 
more  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  Twenty  Thousand  Dollars,  payable 
to  the  City  of  Centralia,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  per¬ 
form  all  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  pay  over  all  moneys  which 
shall  be  received  by  him,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  according  to  law, 
and  the  ordinances  of  said  city  relative  thereto. 

306.  Duties  Prescribed  by  Statute.]  §  20.  Reference 
shall  be  had  to  the  revised  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois  for  all 
duties  of  City  Treasurer,  and  that  portion  of  the  same  relative  to 
City  Treasurer  is  hereby  made  a  part  of  this  ordinance. 

307.  Other  Duties.]  §  21.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Treasurer  to  keep  a  true  account  of  all  moneys  belonging  to 
the  city  that  may  come  into  his  possession  by  virtue  of  his  office,, 
stating  from  whom,  and  on  what  account  received,  giving  dupli¬ 
cate  receipts  to  every  person  from  whom  he  may  receive  money 
for  the  use  of  the  city,  one  of  which  receipts  such  person  shall 
hand  to  the  City  Clerk,  in  order  that  the  Treasurer  may  be 
charged  therewith,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  officer  of  the  city  or 
any  other  person  be  relieved  of  his  responsibility  to  the  city,  for 
an}7  money  he  111a}7  have  belonging  to  the  city,  until  he  shall  have 
given  the  City  Clerk  the  Treasurer’s  receipt  therefor.  He  shall 
pay  out  whatever  moneys  may  be  ordered  by  the  City  Council,, 
the  orders  being  drawn  by  the  City  Clerk  and  signed  by  the  Mayor 
of  the  city.  The  Treasurer  shall  make  a  full  report  of  his  doings 
during  the  previous  year,  stating  the  amount  of  money  received, 
from  whom  and  for  what  purpose,  exhibiting  all  credits  to  the 
Clerk  of  the  city,  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  City 
Council  in  May  in  each  year.  He  shall  further  perform  such 
other  duties  as  the  City  Council  may  require  of  him  by  ordinance 
or  resolution. 

308.  Record  of  Street  Tax.]  £  22.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  city,  upon  the  payment  of  one  dollar  and 
fifty  cents  in  lieu  of  laboring  upon  the  streets  and  alleys,  to  issue 


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to  the  person  paying  the  same  duplicate  receipts,  specifying  it  to 
be  in  full  satisfaction  for  all  labor  due  from  such  persons  upon 
the  streets  and  alleys  for  the  year  for  which  such  payment  is 
made,  which  receipt,  when  presented  to  the  Street  Commissioner, 
shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  whom  it  is  issued  for  the  year 
mentioned  therein  from  labor  upon  the  streets  and  alleys ;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  open  a  street  tax  account, 
mentioning  the  name  of  each  person  making  payments  to  him 
upon  his  book.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to 
pay  out  said  moneys  upon  the  order  of  the  City  Council,  which 
orders  shall  specify  upon  their  face  the  fund  from  which  they  are 
to  be  drawn,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  pay  each  order  out  of  said 
fund  and  charge  the  same  to  that  account  and  no  other.  The 
Treasurer  shall  report  every  month  and  oftener,  if  required  by 
the  City  Council  so  to  do,  the  state  of  the  street  tax  fund. 

309.  Accounts  and  Funds.]  §  23.  The  City  Treasurer 
shall  keep  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  city  separate  and  distinct 
from  his  moneys,  nor  shall  he  use  any  moneys  or  warrants  so  in 
his  hands  for  the  use  or  benefit  of  himself  or  any  other  person. 
He  shall  keep  books  of  account  in  such  manner  as  to  show  with 
entire  accuracy  all  moneys  received  by  him  and  from  whom,  and 
on  what  account  they  shall  have  been  received,  and  of  all  moneys 
paid  out  by  him,  and  on  what  accounts  they  shall  have  been 
paid;  which  books  and  all  papers  and  files  of  said  office  shall  be 
at  all  times  open  to  the  examination  of  the  City  Clerk,  the 
Finance  Committee,  or  any  member  of  the  City  Council,  and  in 
no  case  shall  he  pay  any  warrant  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  except 
out  of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  purpose  stated  in  said 
warrant,  and  he  shall  report  at  each  regular  monthly  meeting  of 
the  City  Council  the  condition  of  each  fund  or  appropriation. 

CITY  ATTORNEY. 

310.  Bond.]  §  24.  The  City  Attorney,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  execute  a  bond  in  the  penal 
sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved 
by  the  City"  Council,  condition  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all 


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174  general  ordinances  of  city. 

the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  which 
shall  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office  according  to  law 
and  the  ordinances  of  this  city. 

31 1.  Dirties.]  §  25.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Attorney  to  act  as  the  legal  advisor  of  the  city  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  contracts  with  or  by  the  city,  or  on  any  question  of 
legality  arising  out  of  any  law,  ordinance,  city  charter  or  other¬ 
wise;  to  give  his  written  opinion  upon  questions  of  law  arising 
out  of  any  suit,  claim  or  demand,  for  or  against  the  city,  or  upon 
the  official  action  or  duty  of  any  officer;  to  keep  a  docket  of  all 
actions,  suits  or  claims  for  or  against  the  city,  noting  their 
progress  and  judgment  therein.  He  shall  commence  and 
prosecute  all  actions  or  suits  required  to  be  instituted  by  and  for 
the  city  for  the  recovery  of  any  ?real  estate,  rights,  privileges, 
demands  or  claims,  whatsoever,  and  shall  defend  the  city  in  all 
actions  or  suits  brought  or  to  be  brought  against  it,  or  any  of  the 
officers  thereof,  whereby  the  estate,  rights,  ordinances,  orders  or 
acts  of  the  city  or  any  breach  thereof,  may  be  brought  in  question 
before  the  courts  in  the  County  of  Marion.  He  shall  draft  all 
legal  instruments  which  may  be  required  by  ordinance  or  other¬ 
wise.  He  shall  prosecute,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  all  actions  or  suits 
for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance,  commenced  in  any  manner 
prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  he  shall  take  appeals  in  all  such 
cases  wherein  he  shall  deem  the  interests  of  the  city  to  require  it. 
He  shall  prosecute  and  defend  the  same  in  the  Appellate  Courts, 
and  for  this  purpose  shall  make  and  execute  in  the  name  of  the 
City  of  Centralia  the  necessary  bonds,  sign  the  same  in  the  name 
of  the  Mayor,  by  himself  as  Attorney,  and  he  shall  do  and  perform 
all  other  duties  incident  to  his  profession,  and  which  may  be 
required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city  or  the  resolution  of 
the  City  Council. 

CITY  MARSHAL. 

312.  Appointment.]  §  26.  That  the  Mayor  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council, 
to  appoint  a  City  Marshal  in  and  for  the  City  of  Centralia,  on 
the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable, 
and  annually  thereafter,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of 


KEEP  A  RECORD. 


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one  year  and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  qualified, 
which  City  Marshal  shall  be  ex-officio  Superintendent  of  Police, 
and  keeper  of  the  city  prison,  also  Health  Officer,  when  no  health 
officer  is  specially  appointed. 

313.  Duties.]  §  27.  In  addition  to  the  duties  required  of 
City  Marshals  by  the  statute  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  the  City 
Marshal  shall  perforin  the  duties  hereinafter  mentioned. 

314.  Head  of  Police  Department.]  §  28.  He  shall,  in 
subordination  to  the  Mayor,  have  full  management  and  control  of 
the  Police  Department,  and  all  regulations  and  orders  concerning 
the  same  shall  be  promulgated  through  him,  and  all  subordinate 
officers,  including  day  and  night  police  and  special  officers,  shall 
be  subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  from  time  to 
time  be  prescribed  by  said  City  Marshal,  with  the  concurrence  of 
the  Mayor  and  Committee  on  Police. 

315.  Shall  Execute  all  Writs.]  §  29.  He  shall  execute 
or  cause  to  be  executed  all  writs  or  other  process  issued  by  any 
Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  said  city,  in  matters 
wherein  the  city  is  an  interested  party,  and  all  executions, 
warrants,  summons,  and  other  processes  issued  by  any  such  Police 
Magistrate  or  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  such  matters  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  City  Marshal  or  some  officer  designated  by  him, 
and  he  shall  have  the  control  of  and  be  responsible  for  the  proper 
execution,  enforcement,  or  collection  of  the  same,  and  chargeable 
to  the  city  therewith. 

316.  Keep  Record.]  §  30.  He  shall  keep  and  cause  to  be 
kept  by  the  police  a  suitable  record  at  all  times  open  for  examina¬ 
tion,  which  shall  state  the  day  and  hour  of  all  arrests,  the  names 
of  the  parties  arrested,  the  offense  charged,  when  and  before 
whom  tried,  how  disposed  of,  if  fined,  how  much,  and  when  and 

how  paid,  or  the  time  served  in  jail,  or  worked  on  streets,  or  if 

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discharged,  by  whose  order  and  for  what  cause;  said  record  to 
show  each  days’s  proceedings,  and  the  number  of  meals  furnished 
prisoners  each  day. 

317.  Devote  His  Entire  Time  to  Duties  of  Office.]  §  31. 

He  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
his  office.  He  shall  diligently  inquire  into  all  violations  of  the 


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city  ordinances  and  the  State  law  committed  within  the  City  of 
Centralia  and  shall  prosecute  all  persons  guilty  thereof,  and  shall 
not  serve  writs,  subpoenas,  or  other  process  of  cases  not  originat¬ 
ing  in  the  city,  nor  of  the  Circuit  Court,  except  where  the  city  is 
a  party.  He  shall  ferret  out  all  suspicious  or  disorderly  houses  in 
the  city,  and  visit  or  cause  the  police  to  visit  all  parts  of  the  city 
where  disturbances,  breaches  of  the  peace,  or  violations  of  the 
ordinances  occur,  or  seem  likely  to  occur. 

318.  Nuisance  and  Obstructions  on  Streets,  Etc.]  §  32. 
He  shall  take  notice  of  all  nuisances,  obstructions  or  defects  in 
the  streets,  alleys  and  other  public  places  in  the  city,  and  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  abated  or  removed,  or  immediate  notice 
given  to  the  proper  officer  whose  duty  it  may  be  to  take  action 
relative  thereto. 

319.  Shall  Report  Police  for  Hisconduct.]  §  33.  He 

shall  promptly  report  to  the  Mayor  or  the  Chairman  of  the  Police 
Committee  any  member  of  the  police  force  who  may  be  guilty  of 
drunkenness,  neglect  of  duty,  disobedience  of  orders,  or  violation 
of  the  standing  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Police  Department, 
and  during  the  pendence  of  formal  charges  against  any  policeman 
said  City  Marshal  may  suspend  such  policeman  from  duty  until 
such  charges  can  be  investigated. 

320.  Attend  Council  Heetings.]  §  34.  He  shall  attend 
every  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  or  detail  some  member  of  the 
police  force  in  his  place,  shall  have  the  care  and  custody  of 
the  city  hall  and  shall  keep  the  council  chamber  clean  and  in 
good  order,  shall  order  fuel,  lights  and  sundry  supplies  for  same, 
and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the  same. 

321.  Shall  Make  Complaint  on  Information]  §  35. 

When  it  shall  come  to  his  knowledge  by  information  or  otherwise 
that  any  ordinance  of  the  city  has  been  violated,  he  shall  imme¬ 
diately  make  complaint  before  the  Magistrate  or  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  said  city,  and  shall  immediately  notify  the  City  Attorney 
thereof,  and  attend  to  the  procuring  of  the  evidence  of  the  prose¬ 
cution,  furnishing  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace 
the  names  of  all  witnesses  for  the  prosecution,  and  cause  the 
same  to  be  in  attendance  at  the  trial. 


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POWERS  OF  A  CONSTABLE. 

322.  Shall  Appoint  Substitute.]  §  36.  In  case  of  sick¬ 
ness  or  absence  from  the  city,  he  shall  designate  some  member  of 
the  police  force  to  act  in  his  place,  which  said  officer,  while  so 
acting,  shall  have  the  same  powers  so  far  as  authorized  by  statute 

and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  duties  herein  prescribed  concern¬ 
ing  the  City  Marshal,  and  the  said  City  Marshal  may  designate 
one  of  the  police  to  take  charge  of  the  city  prison  and  the 
inmates  thereof  during  the  night  time,  or  when  he  is  otherwise 
engaged. 

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323.  Monthly  Reports.]  §  37.  He  shall  make  monthly 
reports  to  the  City  Council,  in  writing,  showing  the  number  of 
arrests  made  by  the  police  or  himself  during  the  preceding  month, 
the  name  of  the  party,  the  officer  who  made  the  arrest, 
the  offense  charged,  the  court  before  whom  tried  and  the  amount 
of  fine  assessed  and  collected. 

324.  Custody  of  Property  of  Police  Department.]  §  38. 

He  shall  have  the  care,  custody  and  control  of  all  books,  records, 
equipments,  and  other  property  belonging  to  the  police  depart¬ 
ment,  and  of  all  stolen  goods  seized  or  retained  by  police 
authority,  and  upon  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  his  office,  or  his 
removal  or  resignation  therefrom,  shall  surrender  the  same  to  his 
successor  in  office. 

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325.  Constable  of  Marion  County.]  §  39.  He  shall  have 
the  same  power  and  authority  as  a  Constable  at  common  law  and 
under  the  statutes  of  this  State,  and  shall  take  the  oath  and  file  a 
bond,  as  required  by  law  of  Constables;  he  shall  have  the  power, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  arrest,  with  or  without  process,  using 
all  necessary  force,  all  persons  who  shall,  in  his  presence,  violate 
the  ordinances  of  said  city,  or  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  may  at 
any  time  call  upon  any  able-bodied  male  person  above  the  age  of 
eighteen  to  assist  and  aid  him  in  arresting,  retaking,  or  holding 
in  custody  any  person  guilty  of  having  committed  an  unlawful 
act,  and  whosoever  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  render  such  aid  or 
assistance  shall  incur  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


326.  Bond  and  Oath.]  §  40.  Before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office  the  City  Marshal  shall  take  and  subscribe  the 
oath  required  by  law  of  city  officers,  and  shall  execute  a 
bond  to  the  City  of  Centralia  in  the  penal  sum  of  Two  Thousand 
Dollars*  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  con¬ 
ditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office* 
and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  which  shall  come  to  his  hands  by 
virtue  of  his  office,  in  the  time  and  manner  required  by  the 
ordinances  of  said  city. 

327.  Uniform.]  §  41.  The  City  Marshal  shall  provide 
himself  with  a  suitable  uniform  of  the  kind  and  qualit}^  to  be 
prescribed  by  the  Committee  on  Police,  at  his  own  expense,  and 
wear  the  same  when  on  duty,  and  the  city  shall  furnish  him  a 
suitable  hat,  or  helmet,  to  be  prescribed  by  said  committee,  to  be 
worn  by  the  Marshal  when  on  duty,  and  surrendered  to  the  city 
when  his  term  of  office  expires. 

STREET  COMMISSIONER. 

328.  Appointment.]  §  42.  The  Mayor  is  hereby 'author¬ 
ized  and  empowered  to  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council,  annually,  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  practicable,  a  Street  Commissioner  in  and  for  the  City 
of  Centralia,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year, 
and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  qualified. 

329.  Bond.]  §  43.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  execute  a  bond  in  the  penal 
sum  of  Two  Thousand  Dollars,  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
all  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  money,  and 
the  accounting  for  all  property,  which  shall  come  to  his  hands 
by  virtue  of  his  office  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  required  by 
the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

330.  Have  Custody  of  Supplies  and  Machinery.]  §  44. 

The  Street  Commissioner  shall,  as  soon  as  he  has  qualified,  take 
a  careful  inventory  of  all  lumber,  brick,  tile,  stone,,  cement,  lime 
and  other  material  belonging  to  the  city,  to  be  used  in  the 


ENFORCE  ORDINANCE. 


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repairing  and  construction  of  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  bridges 
and  sewers  in  said  city,  and  shall  open  and  keep  an  account  of 
all  new  material  received,  of  whom,  where,  in  what  manner, 
by  whose  order,  and  the  quality  and  quantity  of  all  material 
belonging  to  the  city,  and  how  used  or  disposed  of.  He  shall 
also  take  a  careful  inventory  of  all  the  tools  and  implements 
belonging  to  the  city  used  in  repairing  streets,  sidewalks,  bridges, 
etc. ,  and  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  new  tools  and  implements 
purchased,  and  whenever  any  of  the  same  are  broken  or  worn  out, 
so  as  to  be  worthless,  he  shall  note  the  fact  and  report  the  same 
to  the  City  Council  in  his  monthly  report,  and  at  the  end  of  his 
term  shall  render  a  strict  accounting  for  all  such  property  in  his 
annual  report. 

331.  Duties — Improvements  Exceeding  Ten  Dollars.  ]  §  45- 

The  Street  Commissioner  shall  have  charge  of  the  improvement, 
repairing  and  cleaning  of  all  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  the 
city,  and  shall  supervise  the  construction  and  repair  of  all 
sidewalks  therein;  but  no  improvement  or  repairs,  except  such  as 
may  be  actually  necessary  to  be  made  forthwith,  to  prevent  loss 
to  the  city  or  danger  to  the  public,  if  delayed  until  the  next 
ensuing  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  shall  be  made  without 
previous  order  of  the  City  Council.  He  shall,  without  delay, 
cause  all  breaks  in  any  street  or  alley  crossing,  sidewalk,  bridge, 
culvert,  apron,  or  other  unsafe  place  to  be  repaired,  and  report 
the  cost  thereof  to  the  City  Council  for  allowance;  and  when  the 
probable  cost  of  such  repair  shall  exceed  ten  dollars  the  same 
shall  be  made  only  with  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  the 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  and  if  such  concurrence  is  not 
obtained  the  repair  shall  be  delaved  until  ordered  by  the  City 
Council. 

332.  Shall  Enforce  Ordinances.]  §  46.  He  shall  cause 
all  ordinances  in  relation  to  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  and  bridges 
to  be  enforced,  and  shall  file  complaints  and  prosecute  all  persons 
for  violations  thereof.  He  shall  carry  into  effect  all  such  orders, 
general  or  special,  as  he  shall  receive  from  the  City  Council,  and 

for  any  wilful  neglect  or  refusal  to  perform  any  duty  required  of 
him  by  the  laws  or  ordinances  of  said  city,  he  shall  be  liable  to 
removal  from  office. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


333.  Shall  Clean  Streets.]  §  47.  He  shall  annually,  in 
the  spring  of  the  year,  under  the  directions  of  the  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Alleys,  cause  the  streets,  avenues  and  alleys,  where 
needed  to  be  cleaned  and  the  gutters  opened,  and  shall,  as  far  as 
practicable,  keep  them  in  that  condition  during  the  year.  He 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  the  sewers,  culverts,  bridges, 
crosswalks,  sidewalks,  and  report  the  condition  of  the  same  to 
the  City  Council,  and  recommend  such  improvements  or  repairs 
as  he  shall  deem  necessary. 

334.  Employment  of  Laborers,  Teams,  etc. — Connection 
of  Drains.]  §  48.  He  may,  by  authority  of  the  City  Council, 
employ  such  number  of  laborers,  teams  and  wagons  as  shall  be 
necessary  for  the  cleaning,  repairing  and  improving  of  the  streets, 
alleys  and  sidewalks,  and  at  such  prices  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
City  Council,  not  exceeding  the  customary  rates  paid  by  others 
for  similar  labor  or  service.  He  shall  oversee  and  direct  the 
street  laborers  and  workmen,  also  persons  working  out  fines  and 
street  tax,  and  shall  require  them  to  labor  faithfully,  and  shall 
keep  in  a  suitable  book  a  correct  account  of  their  time.  He  shall 
also  supervise  the  connection  of  all  private  drains  or  sewers  with 
the  public  sewers,  and  shall  see  that  none  are  connected  except 
by  express  order  or  permission  of  the  City  Council,  and  that  all 
such  connections  are  made  in  such  a  manner  that  no  injury  shall 
result  therefrom  to  the  public  sewers. 

335*  Procuring  Tools  and  Implements  for  City.]  §  49. 

He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  submit  to  the  City  Council  a  list  of 
all  tools  and  implements  which  are  required  for  the  proper 
working  of  his  department,  also  the  probable  cost  thereof,  also  a 
list  of  all  materials  necessary  for  the  repairing  and  improving  of 
the  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  sewers,  culverts,  bridges,  etc.,  in 
said  city,  the  quality  and  probable  cost  thereof,  and  shall  pur¬ 
chase  such  tools,  implements  and  materials  only  as  the  City 
Council  shall  order  him  to  purchase.  He  shall  cause  all  tools 
and  implements  to  be  branded  by  burning  the  letters  “C”  “C” 
on  the  handle  thereof,  and  shall  keep  all  such  tools  and  implements 
under  suitable  cover,  and  all  materials  which  will  suffer  by 
exposure  under  cover,  and  upon  the  city’s  premises. 


sexton’s  bond. 


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SUPERINTENDENT  OF  WATER  WORKS. 

336.  Appointment.]  §  50.  The  Mayor  is  hereby  author¬ 
ized  and  empowered  to  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council,  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  May,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  practicable,  a  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  in 
and  for  the  City  of  Centralia,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one 
year  and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  qualified. 

337.  Oath  and  Bond.]  §  51.  The  Superintendent  of 
Water  Works  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office, 
take  and  subscribe  the  oath  required  by  law,  and  shall  execute  a 
bond  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia  in  the  penal  sum  of  Two 
Thousand  Dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties 
of  his  office  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  which  shall  come  to 
his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office,  according  to  the  ordinances  of 
said  city. 

338.  Control  of  Water  Works.]  §  52.  The  Superintendent 
shall,  subject  to  the  Mayor  and  Water  Committee,  have  full 
charge  of  the  system  of  water  works  of  this  city,  and  it  shall  be 
his  especial  duty  to  see  that  all  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations 
concerning  the  use  of  city  water  and  the  protection  of  the  water 
works  system  are  strictly  enforced  and  obeyed.  He  shall,  upon 
information  of  any  violation  of  the  fules  of  the  water  works 
department  or  the  ordinances  of  said  city  concerning  the  same, 
file  a  complaint  against  the  offender  and  assist  the  City  Attorney 
in  prosecuting  the  same,  and  if  the  defendant  is  a  water  consumer 
shut  off  his  supply  of  water,  and  report  his  actions  to  the  City 
Council  for  their  approval. 

SEXTON. 

339.  Appointment.]  $  53.  The  Mayor  shall  annually  on 
the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable, 
appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  a  City  Sexton  in 
and  for  the  City  of  Centralia,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for 
one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  qualified. 

340.  Bond.]  §  54.  The  City  Sexton  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office  shall  execute  a  bond  in  the  penal 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia,, 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all 
the  duties  of  his  office  according  to  law  and  the  ordinances  of 
this  city. 

341.  Duties.]  §  55.  The  Sexton  shall  have  charge  of 
the  Centralia  Cemetery,  and  shall  keep  and  preserve  the  grounds, 
buildings  and  fences  in  good  order  and  repair,  and  the  monu¬ 
ments,  tombstones,  shrubbery  and  every  other  thing  erected  or 
placed  in  said  cemetery  for  ornament  or  otherwise,  free  from 
injury  or  defacement,  and  the  walks  and  avenues  free  from 
grass,  weeds,  rubbish  or  other  obstructions.  He  shall  see  that 
all  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  relative  to  the  cemetery  are 
strictly  enforced,  shall  report  all  offenders  to  the  Mayor  or 
Marshal,  and  shall  file  complaint  against  all  persons  who  shall 
violate  any  ordinance  relative  to  the  cemetery;  and  the  City 
Sexton  shall  perform  such  other  and  further  duties  as  are 
prescribed  in  the  chapter  of  this  ordinance  relative  to  the  City 
Cemetery,  and  such  other  ordinances  and  rules  as  shall,  from  time 
to  time,  be  adopted  by  the  City  Council. 

city  collector. 

342.  Appointment.]  §  56.  That  the  Mayor,  when  the 
City  Council  deems  it  necessary,  shall,  annually  on  the  first 
Tuesday  in  May,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  appoint, 
with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  a  City  Collector  in  and 
for  the  City  of  Centralia,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term 
of  one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  qualified. 

343.  Bond.]  §  57.  The  City  Collector  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  in  the  penal 
sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
all  the  duties  of  his  office  as  prescribed  by  law  and  the  ordinances 
of  this  city,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  which  shall  come 
to  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  said  office  in  the  time  and  manner 
as  the  law  directs. 


POUND  KEEPER. 


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344.  The  Collector’s  Duties.]  §  58.  The  duties  of  said 
Collector  shall  be  such  as  are  provided  by  the  statutes  of  the 
State  of  Illinois  relative  thereto,  and  such  further  duties  as  are 
now  or  may  be,  from  time  to  time,  provided  by  the  ordinances  of 
said  city.  All  moneys  received  by  him  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
City  Treasurer  on  the  last  day  of  each  calendar  month: 
Provided ,  he  shall  collect  only  such  moneys  as  shall  be 
expressly  provided  by  ordinance  to  be  collected  by  the  City 
Collector. 

AUDITOR. 

345.  Appointment.]  §  59.  The  Mayor,  with  the 
approval  of  the  City  Council,  shall  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday 
in  April,  appoint  an  Auditor  in  and  for  the  City  of  Centralia. 

346.  Duty.]  §  66.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Auditor  to 
carefully  audit  and  check  up  the  accounts  of  all  city  officers  of 
said  city  for  the  fiscal  year,  and  he  shall,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
May,  submit  a  detailed  report  to  the  City  Council,  verified  by  his 
oath,  showing  the  exact  condition  of  the  accounts  of  all  the 
officers  of  said  city,  and  particularly  any  errors,  shortages  or 
irregularities  therein. 

347.  Bond.]  §  61.  The  Auditor  shall,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  be  required  to  give  bond  in  the 
penal  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  with  two  or  more  good  and 
sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

POUND  KEEPER. 

348.  Appointment.]  §  62.  The  Mayor  shall  annually  on 
the  first  Tuesday  in  May  in  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
practicable,  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  a 
Pound  Keeper  in  and  for  the  City  of  Centralia,  who  shall  hold 
his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  duly 
appointed  and  qualified. 

349.  Bond.]  §  63.  vSaid  Pound  Keeper  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  City 
of  Centralia  in  the  penal  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  with 


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two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  he  approved  by  the 
City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  the 
duties  of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  which  shall 
come  to  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office,  in  the  time  and  manner 
directed  by  the  ordinances  of  this  city. 

350.  Duties.]  §  64.  The  Pound  Keeper  shall  do  and 
perform  all  the  duties  of  said  office,  as  are  prescribed  by  the 
chapters  of  this  ordinance  relative  to  animals,  dogs,  and  such 
other  ordinances  and  resolutions  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
passed  by  the  City  Council  concerning  said  office. 

HEALTH  INSPECTOR. 

351.  Appointment.]  §  65.  The  Mayor  is  hereby  author¬ 
ized  to  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  an  officer 
in  and  for  this  city  to  be  designated  as  Health  Inspector,  which 
officer  shall  hold  his  office  not  to  exceed  sixty  days  in  each  year, 
unless  the  time  is  extended  by  special  action  of  the  City  Council. 

352.  Duties.]  §  66.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Health 
Inspector  to  carry  into  effect  all  orders  of  the  Mayor  and  the  City 
Council  in  relation  to  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city.  He 
shall,  upon  view  or  when  complaint  may  be  made  to  him,  make 
a  thorough  examination  of  any  and  all  premises,  and  cause  all 
nuisances  to  be  removed  and  abated  with  reasonable  promptness. 

353.  Power  and  Authority.]  §  67.  He  shall  be  author¬ 
ized  and  allowed  at  all  times  of  the  day  to  enter  into 
any  grocery  store,  meat  shop,  hotel,  saloon,  boarding  house, 
factory,  or  other  building  within  this  city,  and  to  examine  the 
cellars,  vaults,  sewers  or  drains  belonging  thereto;  also  to  enter 
all  lots  and  premises  and  to  cause  all  stagnant  pools  of  water  to 
be  drained  off,  and  all  ash  heaps  or  dirt  piles  to  be  removed;  and 
he  shall  cause  all  privies,  pig-stys,  sinks  and  drains  to  be  cleansed 
and  kept  in  an  inoffensive  condition,  and  all  dead  animals  and 
other  unwholesome  things  to  be  buried  or  removed  beyond  the 
city  limits. 

354.  Refusing  to  Abate  Nuisance.]  §  68.  Whoever  shall 
resist  or  obstruct  the  Health  Inspector  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  or  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  remove  or  abate  any  nuisance 


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from  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him,  after  being  notified  so 
to  do  by  said  Inspector,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

355-  To  Attend  fleetings  of  Council.]  §  69.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Health  Inspector  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
City  Council  and  report  and  receive  instruction  relative  to  the 
condition  of  the  health  and  sanitary  needs  of  the  city. 

POLICE  MAGISTRATE. 

356.  Bond.]  §  70.  The  Police  Magistrate  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  in  the  penal 
sum  of  Two  Thousand  Dollars  payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  perform 
all  the  duties  of  the  office  and  pay  over  all  moneys  which  shall 
come  to  his  hands  by  virtue  of  said  office  at  the  time  and  in  the 
manner  as  is  required  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

357.  Duties.]  §  71.  The  Police  Magistrate  shall  do  and 
perform  all  such  duties  as  shall  be  imposed  upon  said  office  by 
the  ordinances  of  this  city  and  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  shall  at  the  end  of  each  month  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer 
all  money  collected  by  him  during  said  month  for  the  use  of  the 
city. 


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CHAPTER  XXXII. 

ORDINANCES. 

358.  To  be  Recorded  and  Indexed.]  §  1.  All  ordinances 
passed  by  the  City  Council  shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk,  and  such  as  are  not  published  in  book  or  pamphlet 
form  shall  be  duly  recorded  by  him  in  the  Record  Book  of 
Ordinances,  and  appropriately  indexed  by  their  titles  or  subjects. 

359.  Clerk  to  Preserve — May  Correct  Errors.]  §  2.  The 
City  Clerk  shall  file  and  carefully  preserve  the  originals  of  all 
ordinances  deposited  in  his  office.  He  may  correct  any  errors 
in  the  numbering  of  any  chapter,  article,  section  or  ordinance, 
and  insert  the  proper  numbers;  and  he  may  omit  words  inserted 
by  clerical  mistake,  or  supply,  with  brackets,  words  omitted  by 
clerical  mistake. 

360.  Repealed  Ordinances  in  Force  Until,  etc.]  §  3. 

Whenever  any  ordinance,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  repealed 
or  modified  by  a  subsequent  ordinance,  the  ordinance  or  part 
thereof  so  repealed  or  modified,  shall  continue  in  force  until  the 
taking  effect  of  the  ordinance  repealing  or  modifying  the  same. 
No  ordinance  or  part  thereof,  repealed  by  the  City  Council,  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  revived  by  the  repeal  of  the  repealing  ordinance, 
unless  it  shall  be  therein  so  expressly  provided. 

361.  No  Suit,  etc.,  Released,  etc.,  by  Repeal  of  Ordinance.] 

§  4.  No  suit,  proceeding,  fine,  penalty,  forfeiture,  debt,  right, 
or  other  liability  whatever,  instituted,  incurred,  created,  given, 
or  accrued,  by  or  under  any  ordinance  of  the  city  prior  to  its 
repeal  or  modification,  shall  be  annulled,  released,  discharged,  or 
in  any  wise  affected  by  the  passage  of  such  repealing  or  modify¬ 
ing  ordinance;  but  the  same  may  be  prosecuted,  recovered, 
completed  and  enjoyed  as  fully  in  all  respects  as  if  such  ordinance* 
or  part  thereof  had  remained  in  full  force,  unless  otherwise 
expressly  provided  in  the  ordinance  making  such  repeal. 

362.  Definition  of  Terms  of  Ordinance.]  §  5.  Whenever, 
in  any  ordinance,  words  importing  the  singular  number  are  used 
in  describing  or  referring  to  any  person  or  subject  matter,  such 


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words  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and  include  several  persons, 
matters  or  subjects.  And  words  used  collectively,  or  importing 
the  plural  number,  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and  embrace 
any  single  person,  matter  or  subject,  as  well  as  several.  And 
whenever  any  person  or  subject  matter  shall.be  named,  described, 
or  referred  to  by  words  importing  the  masculine  gender,  or  by 
general  terms,  females  as  well  as  males  shall  be  deemed  included 
in  the  meaning  thereof.  And  the  words  “person”  or  “persons,” 
or  words  importing  any  person  or  persons,  shall  be  deemed  to 
include  bodies  coporate  as  well  as  individuals:  Provided ,  that 
these  rules  of  construction  shall  not  be  applicable  to  any  ordi¬ 
nance  which  shall  contain  any  express  provision  excluding  such 
construction,  or  where  the  context  or  subject  matter  may  be 
clearly  repugnant  thereto. 

363.  No  Fines  to  Exceed  $200.]  §  6.  Whenever  a  mini¬ 

mum  but  no  maximum  fine  or  penalty  is  imposed  by  ordinance, 
the  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  adjudge  the  offender  or  offenders 
to  pay  any  sum  of  money  over  and  above  the  minimum  fine  or 
penalty  so  fixed,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars. 

364.  Ordinances  to  be  Published.]  §  7.  The  City  Clerk 
shall  cause  every  ordinance  of  the  City  Council  making  any 
appropriation,  or  imposing  any  fine,  penalty,  forfeiture  or  impris¬ 
onment  to  be  published  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  City 
of  Centralia  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  thereof. 

365.  Date  of  Passage  and  Publication  to  be  Recorded.] 
§  8.  The  City  Clerk  shall  make,  at  the  foot  of  the  record  of 
each  ordinance,  a  memorandum  of  the  date  of  its  passage,  and  of 
the  publication  of  the  same,  together  with  the  name  of  the 
paper  publishing  the  same. 

366.  Mayor  and  Acting  Mayor,  etc.]  ^  9.  That  when¬ 
ever  any  power  shall  be  vested  in  the  Mayor,  or  he  shall  be 
required  to  do  any  act  or  perform  any  executive  function,  in  his 
absence  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  acting  Mayor  for  the  time 
being  to  exercise  such  powers  or  to  perform  such  acts  of 
executive  functions  as  fully  as  if  expressly  named  in  the 
ordinance,  unless  it  shall  be  therein  otherwise  expressly  provided, 
or  unless  such  acts  would  be  in  derogation  of  law. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

PARKS. 

367.  Central  Park.]  §  1.  That  block  113  in  the  Rail¬ 
road  Addition  to  said  city  shall  be  called  and  hereafter  known  by 
the  name  of  Central  Park. 

368.  Unlawful  to  Cut  Grass,  etc.]  §  2.  That  it  shall 
not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  enter  upon  and  cut  or  remove 
any  grass  or  other  article  from  Central  Park  without  permis¬ 
sion  from  the  proper  officer;  nor  to  turn  into  said  park  any 
cattle,  horses,  hogs,  or  other  animals;  nor  to  hitch,  fasten,  or 
tie  any  animal  whatever  to  any  tree,  fence  or  gate  around  the 
same;  nor  to  cut,  break,  or  deface  the  trees  or  fences  around  said 
park;  nor  to  cut,  injure,  climb  upon,  break,  bend,  or  destroy  any 
tree,  shubbery,  plant,  or  ornament,  or  the  boxing  or  railing 
around  the  same,  growing  or  being  in  said  park.  Any  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  every  offense. 

369.  Offenses.]  §  3.  All  persons  are  forbidden  to  carry 
firearms,  or  to  throw  .stones  or  other  missiles  in  said  park.  All 
persons  are  forbidden  to  cut,  break,  or  in  any  way  injure  or  deface 
the  trees,  shrubs,  plants,  turf,  or  any  of  the  buildings,  fences,  or 
other  constructions,  or  property  within  or  upon  the  said  park.  No 
person  or  persons  shall  lounge  or  loiter  in  said  park  after  eleven 
o’clock  of  any  night,  nor  shall  any  person  or  persons  do  therein 
any  obscene  or  indecent  act.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

370.  Committee  on  Public  Grounds  to  Have  Cliarge  of.] 

§  4.  It  shall  be  the  especial  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Public 
Grounds  to  care  for  said  Central  Park  and  to  see  that  the  rules 
concerning  the  same  are  strictly  enforced.  Said  committee  shall 
see  each  spring  that  said  park  is  supplied  with  suitable  seats  or 
benches,  and  that  the  same  are  painted  and  placed  therein: 


PERMISSION  TO  USE  PARK.  1 89 

recommend  to  the  City  Council  any  new  seats  or  other  property 
required,  and  purchase  the  same  under  the  instructions  of  the 
City  Council.  Said  committee  shall  see  that  said  park  is  kept  free 
from  brush  and  weeds,  that  the  grass  and  trees  are  properly 
trimmed,  and  in  the  fall  remove  all  benches  and  other  property 
of  a  movable  nature,  likely  to  suffer  from  exposure,  to  suitable 
cover. 

371.  Permission  to  Use  Park.]  §  5.  The  Mayor  shall 
have  the  power  to  grant  permission  for  the  use  of  the  said  park, 
and  all  parties  desiring  the  use  of  the  same  for  any  public 
gathering  shall  make  application  to  the  Mayor,  stating  the 
character  of  the  meeting  or  assembly  proposed  to  be  held,  and  if 
such  proposed  meeting  is  not  likely  to  disturb  the  peace  and  good 
order  of  the  city^  or  the  neighborhood,  and  is  of  a  moral  character, 
he  shall  thereupon  grant  such  permission:  Provided ,  however ,  no 
permission  granted  by  the  Mayor  for  the  holding  of  meetings  or 
assemblies  in  said  park  shall  protect  the  individuals  so  assembled 
from  prosecution  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  laws  of  this  city. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

PLATS. 

372.  Plats,  Maps  and  Sub-divisions  to  be  Approved,  etc.] 

§  1.  No  map,  plat  or  sub-division  of  any  block,  lot,  sub-lot  or 
part  thereof,  or  any  piece  or  parcel  of  land  within  this  city,  nor 
of  any  addition  of  any  piece  or  parcel  of  land  to  be  admitted 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  shall  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council  of  said  city  until  the  following  requirements 
have  been  complied  with,  viz: 

1.  All  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  other  public  ways  desig¬ 
nated  on  such  map,  plat  or  sub-division  shall  be  located  as  near 
as  practicable  to  correspond  and  connect  with*  the  other  estab¬ 
lished  streets,  avenues,  alleys  or  public  ways  in  the  vicinity  and, 
also,  to  admit  of  proper  grades,  sewerage  and  surface  drainage 
conformable  to  any  system  of  grades,  sewers  or  surface  drainage 
that  may  be  established  by  said  city. 

2.  The  owner  or  owners  of  such  land  sought  to  be  platted 
shall  cause  to  be  placed  in  such  land  suitable  and  sufficient 
permanent  monuments  of  iron  or  stone  at  the  intersection  of  all 
streets  and  at  each  and  every  angle  in  any  street  or  streets,  and 
shall  designate  upon  the  plat  the  point  where  each  of  said 
monuments  may  be  found;  and  such  map,  plat’  or  sub-division 
shall  be  made  and  properly  certified  by  a  competent  surveyor, 
be  acknowledged  by  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  land  sought  to 
be  platted,  as  is  provided  by  the  general  laws  of  the  State  of 
Illinois.  And  the  owner  or  owners  shall  deposit  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Centralia  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  to  pay 
the  Recorder  of  Deeds  of  Marion  or  Clinton  counties,  as  the  case 
may  be,  for  recording  the  same. 

373.  Laying  Out  Streets,  etc.]  §  2.  Hereafter,  whenever 
the  City  Council  shall,  by  ordinance,  lay  out,  locate,  open, 
widen,  extend,  or  alter  any  street  or  public  ground  within  the 
city,  the  City  Council  shall  cause  a  plat  thereof  showing  the 
width,  courses  and  extent  thereof,  and  making  such  references  to 


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known  and  established  corners  or  monuments  that  the  location 
thereof  may  be  ascertained,  to  be  made  and  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  Recorder  of  Marion  or  Clinton  counties,  as  the  case  may 
require,  within  six  months  after  such  street,  alley  or  public 
ground  is  so  laid  out,  located,  widened,  extended  or  altered; 
and  whenever  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground  shall  be  vacated 
the  order,  ordinance  or  other  declaration  vacating  the  same  shall 
be  in  like  manner  recorded. 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 

PLUMBERS. 

374.  License — How  Granted  ]  §  1.  License  may  be 
granted  to  practical  plumbers  only  by  the  Mayor,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  City  Council,  and  the  applicant  shall 
furnish  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  is  competent  and  experienced 
in  his  business  and  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age;  which 
application  shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  in  writing,  setting  forth 
the  name  of  the  applicant  and  the  firm  name  under  which  the 
business  is  to  be  carried  on,  and  if  the  City  Council  recommend 
the  granting  of  such  license  the  same  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  rate 
of  ten  dollars  per  annum,  and  all  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  first 
day  of  May  ensuing  the  issue  of  the  same,  and  whoever  shall  do 
or  transact  the  business  of  plumber,  or  do  any  plumbing  in  this 
city  without  having  obtained  a  license  so  to  do  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

375.  Bond.]  §  2.  Upon  the  issue  of  such  license  the 
plumber  shall  execute  and  deposit  with  the  City  Clerk  a  bond, 
payable  to  the  City  of  Centralia  in  the  penal  sum  of  Five 
Hundred  Dollars,  with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sureties 
to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  that  he  will 
indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  City  of  Centralia  of  and  from 
any  and  all  damages  caused  by  negligence  of  himself,  or  his 
servants  or  employes,  or  for  any  carelesness  or  unskillfulness  in 
the  exercise  of  his  business  by  virtue  of  such  license. 


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376.  Regulations  and  Revocation  of  License.]  §  3.  All 

licensed  plumbers  shall  be  subject  to  such  ordinances,  rules  and 
regulations  as  shall,  from  time  to  time,  be  passed  by  the  City 
Council,  and  such  rules  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Water 

Committee;  and  license  granted  under  this  chapter  may  be 
revoked  by  the  City  Council  or  Mayor  for  cause:  Provided ,  that 
when  such  license  is  revoked  by  the  Mayor  he  shall  submit  to 
the  City  Council  his  action  and  reason  therefor. 

377.  Not  to  Make  New  Connections  Without  Permit.] 

§  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  plumber  to  make  any 
connection  with  service  pipes  or  mains  in  said  city,  or  make  any 
new  connection  or  alteration  upon  any  premises  in  this  city, 
whereby  the  use  of  city  water  may  be  increased,  or  diverted  to 
other  or  new  uses  on  said  premises,  except  upon  delivery  to  said 
plumber  by  the  owner  or  occupant  of  said  premises,  or  his  agent, 
of  a  regular  permit  from  the  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  of 
said  city,  setting  forth  in  detail  the  specific  purposes  and 
number  of  taps  which  may  be  made  upon  said  premises,  whereby 
city  water  may  be  used,  and  no  plumber  shall  make  any  connec¬ 
tions  or  alter  any  connections  except  such  number,  and  for  the 
specific  purposes  mentioned  in  said  permit.  Any  plumber  who 
shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be 
liable  to  have  his  license  revoked  by  the  City  Council. 

378.  Plumber’s  Return  of  Permit.]  §  5.  That  every 
plumber  who  shall  do  or  perform  any  work,  make  any  taps  or 
connections,  by  virtue  of  the  permit  granted  therefor,  as  men¬ 
tioned  in  the  foregoing  section,  shall,  within  five  days  after  said 
work  is  completed,  prepare  upon  the  back  of  said  permit  a 
detailed  report  of  the  number  of  connections,  the  character  and 
purposes  for  which  the  same  are  to  be  used,  and  the  location  of 
the  same  under  and  by  virtue  of  such  permit,  and  shall  file  said 
report,  together  with  said  permit,  with  the  Superintendent  of 
Water  Works  forthwith.  Any  plumber  who  shall  neglect  or  fail 
to  prepare  and  file  such  return  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


STOP  COCKS. 


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379.  Attachment  of  Service  Pipe.]  •  §  6.  Every  attach¬ 
ment  with  the  service  pipe  or  other  connection  with  the  mains 
shall  be  made  by  or  in  the  presence  and  subject  to  the  orders  of 
the  Superintendent  of  Water  Works,  and  at  the  expense  of  the 
applicant,  pursuant  to  a  permit  granted  him,  according  to  the 
provisions  of  the  ordinances  relative  to  water  works.  No  service 
pipe  shall  be  attached  to  any  main  of  a  greater  diameter  than 
three-fourths  of  an  inch,  and  no  ferrule  shall  be  entered  into  any 
distributing  main  nearer  than  eighteen  inches  from  the  end  of 
any  pipe,  and  no  two  ferrules  closer  than  two  feet  shall  be 
entered  into  the  same  pipe;  nor  shall  any  change  of  ferrule  be 
made  on  any  premises  where  the  use  of  water  has  been  previously 
obtained  until  the  ferrule  previously  used  has  been  drawn  and 
the  opening  where  such  ferrule  was  inserted  shall  have  been 
securely  stopped  by  a  brass  plug,  at  the  expense  of  the  party 
asking  such  change:  Provided ,  that  ferrules  larger  than  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch  in  diameter  may  be  inserted  in  the  mains,  upon 
a  special  permit  of  the  Water  Committee,  and  on  condition  that 
the  party  applying  for  such  permit  shall  pay  the  expense  of  a 
suitable  iron  clamp  around  the  main  where  such  ferrule  is  inserted. 

380.  Two  Premises  Not  to  Use  From  One  Tap.]  §  7.  No 

plumber  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  a  pipe  or  conduct  water 
into  two  distinct  premises  or  tenements  unless  separate  and 
distinct  stop  cocks  shall  be  placed  on  the  outside  of  each  of  said 
premises,  or  on  the  sidewalk,  or  in  the  public  alley  opposite  the 
same,  in  addition  to  the  main  stop  cock  on  the  sidewalk  opposite 
the  ferrule,  as  the  Superintendent  may  direct,  unless  the  person 
or  persons  controlling  the  main  stop  cock  shall  pay  all  the  water 
rents  for  the  premises  so  supplied. 

381.  Stop  Cocks.]  §  8.  All  connections  shall  be  pro¬ 
vided  with  a  good  and  sufficient  stop  and  waste  cock,  which  shall 
be  enclosed  in  a  suitable  iron  case  coming  up  even  with  the 
surface  of  the  ground,  with  a  suitable  square  head  of  uniform 
size.  They  shall  be  placed  near  the  sidewalk  and  shall  have  the 
letter  “W”  cast  upon  the  lid  or  top  of  the  case. 

382.  Strength  of  Pipes,  etc.]  §  9.  Stop  cocks  and  the 
pipes  and  all  appurtenances  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to 


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resist  the  pressure  and  ram  of  the  water.  No  pipes  shall  be  used 
in  connection  with  the  main  service  pipes,  or  where  the  same  is 
subject  to  the  pressure  from  the  distributing  mains,  except  a 
galvanized  iron  pipe  capable  of  standing  a  pressure  of  two 
hundred  pounds  to  the  square  inch,  or  that  class  of  lead  pipe 
known  as  “extra  strong,’ 1  and  all  service  pipes  shall  be  laid  at 
least  two  and  one-half  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  earth,  and 
when  of  lead  pipe  it  shall  be  laid  with  sufficient  slack,  or  waving, 
to  allow  an  extra  length  of  at  least  one  foot,  to  prevent  rupture 
from  settling. 

383.  Plumbing  Inspected.]  §  10.  All  plumbing  shall  be 
done  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  ordinance,  or  such  rules  as 
shall  from  time  to  time  be  adopted  by  the  Water  Committee,  and 
before  pipes  are  covered  and  as  soon  as  inside  plumbing  is 
completed  the  plumber  shall  notify  the  Superintendent  of  Water 
Works,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inspect  the  same.  Any  work 
that  does  not  comply  with  this  ordinance  or  the  rules  prescribed 
by  the  Water  Committee,  shall,  upon  examination,  be  condemned 
by  said  Superintendent,  and  thereupon  the  plumber  shall  remove 
the  same  at  his  own  expense,  and  replace  it  with  the  kind  and 
quality,  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  ordinance  or  such  rules 
of  the  Water  Committee.  Any  plumber  who  shall  neglect  or 
fail  to  comply  with  the  above  requirement  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  ten  dollars,  and  his  license  may  be  revoked  by  the  City 
Council. 


SPECIAL  POLICEMEN. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

POLICE. 

384.  Department  Shall  Consist  of,  etc.]  §  1.  There  is 
hereby  established  a  Police  Department  in  the  City  of  Centralia, 
which  shall  consist  of  four  Policemen,  who  shall  hold  their 
respective  offices  for  a  term  of  one  year  and  until  their  successors 
shall  be  appointed  and  qualified,  and  such  other  number  of  Police¬ 
men  as  shall  hereafter,  from  time  to  time,  be  fixed  by  the  City 
Council. 

385.  Appointed  by  Mayor.]  §  2.  The  Policemen  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  City  Council,  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  or  as 
soon  thereafter  as  practicable. 

386.  Policemen  Shall  Take  Oath,  etc.]  §  3.  Each 
Policeman  shall,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office, 
take  and  subscribe  the  oath  provided  by  law  for  the  city  officers, 
and  shall  give  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Centralia  in  the  penal  sum 
of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform¬ 
ance  of  the  duties  of  the  office. 

387.  Some  Act  as  Night  and  some  as  Day  Policemen.] 
§  4.  The  Mayor  shall  designate  three  of  said  Policemen  so 
appointed  and  qualified  to  act  as  night  Policemen,  and  the  other 
Policemen  to  act  as  day  Policemen.  He  may,  when  necessary, 
detail  any  police  officer  for  the  discharge  of  any  police  duty,  and 
may  also  require  all  Policemen  to  perform  police  duty  at  any 
time  of  the  day  or  night. 

388.  Special  Policemen  when  Necessary,  etc.]  §  5. 

The  Mayor  may  on  special  occasions,  when  in  his  judgment  the 
public  peace  and  good  order  of  the  city  shall  so  require,  appoint 
and  commission  such  number  of  special  Policemen  as  may  be 
necessary  and  shall  fix  in  the  order  of  their  appointment  the 
time  during  which  they  shall  serve:  Provided ,  no  special  Police¬ 
men  so  appointed  shall  serve  longer  than  the  next  ensuing 
regular  session  of  the  City  Council,  without  the  consent  of  the 
City  Council  thereto. 


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389.  Powers  and  Duties,  etc.  |  §  6.  Such  special  Police¬ 

men  shall  possess  the  same  powers,  exercise  the  same  duties  and 
be  subject  to  the  same  regulations  as  the  regular  Policemen,  and 
paid  as  compensation  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
day  for  the  time  while  they  are  actually  on  duty. 

390.  Shall  Devote  Entire  Time  to  the  Discharge  of  Duty, 
etc.]  §  7.  The  several  members  of  the  Police  force  when  on 
duty  shall  devote  their  time  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  their 
station  according  to  the  laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city  and  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  Police  Department,  and  it  shall  be 
their  duty  to  preserve  order,  peace  and  quiet  and  enforce  the 
ordinances  throughout  the  city. 

391.  Power  to  Arrest  without  Process,  when,  etc.]  §  8. 
They  shall  have  power  to  arrest  without  process  all  persons 
within  the  city  who  shall  in  their  presence  break  the  peace  or 
violate  any  ordinance -of  the  city  or  any  criminal  law  of  this 
State;  to  commit  for  examination  and,  if  necessary,  to  detain 
such  person  or  persons  over  night  or  Sunday  in  the  city  prison, 
or  other  secure  place,  until  they  can  be  brought  before  the 
proper  magistrate  or  court  for  examination  or  trial. 

392.  Power  to  Execute  Legal  Process,  etc.]  §  9.  They 
shall  have  power  and  authority  in  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
to  serve  or  execute  warrants  or  other  legal  process  for  the  appre¬ 
hension  and  commitment  of  persons  charged  with  or  held  for  the 
commission  of  any  crime  or  misdemeanor,  or  the  violation  of 
any  law  or  ordinance  of  said  city  to  whomsoever  said  process  be 
directed.  And  while  serving,  executing,  or  assisting  in  the 
serving  or  executing,  of  any  such  warrant  or  legal  process  they 
shall  be  vested  with  all  the  common  law  and  statutory  powers  of 
Constables  for  such  purpose. 

393.  Hay  Call  on  Persons  to  Assist,  etc.]  §  10.  Any 

police  officer  of  this  city  may,  at  any  time,  call  upon  any  able 
bodied  male  person  above  the  age  of  eighteen  years  to  aid  him  in 

the  arresting,  retaking,  or  holding  in  custody  of  any  person 
guilty  of  having  committed  an  unlawful  act.  And  whoever  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  give  such  aid  or  assistance,  when  so  required, 
shall  incur  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars. 


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394.  Shall  Aid  Fire  Department.]  §  11.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  members  of  the  Police  Force  to  aid  the  Fire  Department 
by  giving  alarms  in  case  of  fires  and  in  clearing  the  streets  and 
grounds  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  any  fire,  so  that  the  firemen 
shall  not  be  hindered  or  obstructed  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties. 

395.  Conduct  of  Policeman  While  on  Duty.]  §  12.  Any 

member  of  the  Police  Department  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
perform  any  duty  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  or 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  said  Department,  or  shall  take  a 
drink  of  intoxicating  liquor  while  011  duty,  or  shall,  in  discharge 
of  his  official  duties,  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  favoritism,  extortion, 
or  wilful  wrong  or  injustice  shall,  in  each  case,  be  subject  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  shall  also  be  subject  to  removal  from  office. 

396.  Shall  Wear  Uniform,  Kind,  etc.]  §  13.  The  several 
members  of  the  Police  Force  shall  wear  a  uniform  which  shall 
consist  of  a  navy  blue  suit  of  clothes,  brass  buttons,  black  cap 
or  hat  and  metal  star  or  badge,  all  to  be  of  such  material  and 
pattern  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Committee  on  Police;  said 
uniform  to  be  furnished  by  the  officer  at  his  own  expense,  except 
the  hat  or  cap  and  badge,  which  latter  shall  be  furnished  by  the 
city  and  be  deliver  up  to  the  Mayor  on  the  expiration  of  his 
term. 

397.  Mayor  may  Appoint  Special  Watchmen  for  Corpora= 
tions  or  Private  Company,  etc.]  §  14.  Upon  application  by 
any  railroad  company  having  a  depot  in  said  city,  or  by  any  other 
private  company  or  corporation,  the  Mayor  may  appoint  one  or 
more  Watchmen,  designated  by  said  applicant,  to  continue  in 
office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Mayor  and  said  applicant.  Said 
Watchman  shall  have  the  same  power  and  perform  the  same 
duties  as  City  Policemen  at  and  about  the  railroad  depots  or 
other  premises  where  they  are  appointed.  But  no  such  Watchman 
shall  receive  any  salary  or  compensation  for  his  services  other 

than  that  which  shall  be  paid  him  by  the  company  at  whose 
request  he  is  appointed.  Every  such  Watchman,  before  he  enters 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  shall  qualify  in  such  manner  as 
City  Policeman. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

PORTERS  AND  RUNNERS. 

398.  License — Penalty.]  §  1.  No  person  shall  pursue 
the  calling  of  porter  or  runner,  or  solicit  the  patronage  of  any 
traveller  or  person  upon  any  public  street,  depot  or  other  public 
place  for  any  hotel  or  public  house  within  this  city,  nor  carry 
goods,  wares,  merchandise,  trunks,  valises,  bundles,  or  other 
articles,  for  hire,  compensation  or  reward,  with  or  without  a 
hand-cart,  wheelbarrow,  or  other  hand  vehicle,  within  this  city, 
without  first  having  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  for  which  license 
he  shall  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  annum:  Provided ,  hotels 
employing  more  than  one  porter  shall  pay  two  dollars  for  each 
additional  license  after  the  first  one.  Whoever  shall  violate 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

399.  Hotel  Keeper  May  Take  Out  License — Proviso.] 

§  2.  The  proprietor  or  keeper  of  any  hotel  or  public  house 
within  this  city  may  take  out  a  license  for  such  hotel  or  house, 
authorizing  the  keeper  thereof  to  employ  a  suitable  and  well- 
behaved  person  to  represent  such  house  as  porter  or  runner,  and 
such  person  shall  then  be  authorized  to  act  without  further  license, 
and  such  porter  or  runner  may  be  changed  in  the  discretion  of 
the  person  or  firm  holding  the  license:  Provided ,  that  no  two 
persons  shall  be  authorized  to  act  under  one  license  at  one  time. 

400.  Shall  Wear  Badge.]  §  3.  Every  porter  or  runner, 
licensed  as  aforesaid,  shall,  while  engaged  about  his  business  as 
such,  wear  conspicuously  upon  his  hat  or  cap  a  badge  or  plate 
with  the  name  of  the  hotel  or  public  house  represented  by  him ; 
or  if  he  is  simply  a  porter,  then  the  word  “Porter”  engraved 
thereon  in  plain  letters.  Any  violation  of  this  .section  shall 
subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

401.  Boisterous  Conduct  Prohibited.]  $4.  That  hereafter 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  porter,  runner,  hackman,  or  other  per- 


CONDUCT  AT  DEPOTS. 


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son  licensed  under  this  chapter,  while  pursuing  his  calling  at  any 
railroad  depot  or  other  public  place  in  this  city,  to  speak  in  a 
loud  or  boisterous  tone  or  manner,  or  use  any  profane  or  obscene 
language,  or  to  lay  hold  of  any  person  or  traveller,  or  any  article 
of  baggage  unless  by  the  permission  of  the  owner  or  possessor 
thereof,  or  to  in  any  manner  vex  or  harrass  or  annoy  any  person; 
and  a  violation  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

402.  Conduct  at  Depots.]  §  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  hackman,  hotel  runner,  porter,  or  other  person  licensed  under 
this  chapter,  while  pursuing  his  calling  about  any  railroad  depot, 
to  approach  nearer  the  platform  of  any  passenger  car  from  which 
passengers  are  alighting  than  a  distance  of  eight  feet;  nor  shall 
any  such  porter,  hackman  or  runner  enter  any  waiting  rooms 
at  depots,  except  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  and  delivering 
baggage,  nor  shall  they  lounge  in  or  occupy  such  waiting  rooms 
at  any  time  while  pursuing  their  usual  vocation,  except  by  express 
permission  of  the  agent  or  person  in  charge  of  the  .said  depot  or 
waiting  rooms;  and  a  violation  hereof  shall  subject  the  offender 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

PRISONS. 

403.  City  Marshal  shall  be  Keeper  of,  etc.]  §  1.  That 

the  City  Marshal  shall  be  the  keeper  and  have  the  superin¬ 
tendence  and  control  of  the  city  prison.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to 
have  said  prison  at  all  times  in  readiness  for  the  reception  and 
confinement  of  prisoners,  and  to  receive  into  said  prison  all 
persons  committed  to  the  same  by  any  Police  Magistrate  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  of  the  city  upon  conviction  for  the  violation 
of  any  ordinance  of  the  city,  or  who  shall  be  committed  by  a 
Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  examination  charged  with 
such  violation,  or  who  shall  be  arrested  by  any  of  the  city 
authorities  in  the  night  time  or  on  Sunday,  for  the  violation  of 
any  ordinance  committed  in  the  presence  of  such  officer. 

404.  Sanitary  Condition  of  the  Jail,  etc.]  §  2.  The 

City  Marshal  shall  keep  the  said  city  prison  and  the  bedding  and 
furniture  therein  in  as  clean  a  condition  as  circumstances  will 
permit,  and  shall  enforce  proper  sanitary  rules  to  protect  the 
inmates.  He  shall,  if  necessary,  compel  persons  confined 
therein  to  keep  themselves  and  their  wearing  apparel  in  a  cleanly 
and  decent  condition  at  all  times,  and  to  keep  their  apartments  or 
other  parts  of  the  prison  in  a  clean  and  wholesome  condition. 

405.  Dieting  Prisoners. — Refusal  to  Work.]  §  3.  The 

City  Marshal  shall  furnish  each  prisoner,  daily,  with  as  much  clean 
water  as  may  be  necessary  for  drink  and  personal  cleanliness,  and 
serve  him  or  her  with  a  sufficient  amount  of  wholesome  food, 
well  cooked:  Provided ,  however ,  that  whenever  any  person  so 
committed  shall  wilfully  and  stubbornly  refuse  to  work  at  such 
work  as  his  or  her  strength  will  permit,  when  required  to  so  work 
by  the  proper  officer,  or  shall  refuse  to  do  or  perform  any  other 
lawful  labor  on  demand  made  upon  him  or  her  by  the  proper 
officer,  such  person,  while  so  wilfully  and  stubbornly  refusing, 
shall  be  allowed  only  clean  water  as  aforesaid,  together  with  a 
sufficient  amount  of  well  baked  bread. 


LIQUOR  TO  PRISONERS. 


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406.  Shall  Furnish  Medical  Aid,  Bedding,  etc. — Hales 
and  Females  Not  Occupy  same  Apartments.]  §  4.  The  City 
Council  shall  furnish  necessary  bedding  and  medical  aid,  and  in 
cases  of  extreme  destitution  sufficient  clothing  to  keep  prisoner 
from  suffering,  and  shall  keep  prison  properly  heated,  lighted 
and  ventilated.  Males  and  females  shall  not  be  permitted  to 
occupy  the  same  apartments. 

407.  Permitting  Prisoners  to  Escape — Penalty.]  §  5.  Every 
officer  of  the  city  having  charge  of  any  prisoner  shall  be  careful 
and  vigilant  to  prevent  the  escape  of  any  prisoner  and  to  retake 
them  when  escaped;  and  when  necessary  to  prevent  the  escape 
of  any  prisoner  or  to  keep  him  in  proper  subjection,  such  officer 
may  secure  the  said  prisoner  with  handcuffs  or  other  fastenings. 
Any  such  officer  or  any  person  having  the  care,  custody,  or 
control  of  any  prisoner,  who  shall  wilfully  or  negligently  suffer 
or  permit  such  prisoner  to  escape  shall,  on  conviction,  be  subject 
to  a  fine  equal  in  amount  to  the  fine  and  costs  due  from  such 
prisoner  at  the  time  of  his  escape,  and  shall  be  liable  to  removal 
from  office. 

408.  Aiding  or  Assisting  Prisoners  to  Escape.]  §  6. 

Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  aid,  assist,  or  furnish  to  any 
prisoner  any  means  of  escape  from  such  prison  shall,  on  convic¬ 
tion,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

409.  Furnishing  Liquor  to  Prisoners.]  §  7.  Every 

person  who  procures  for.  furnishes,  or  conveys  to  any  prisoner 
confined  in  the  said  prisor  any  intoxicating  or  spiritous  liquors, 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars  and  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

PROTECTION  TO  PROPERTY. 

410.  Hitching  of  Horses.]  §1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  hitch  or  fasten  any  horse,  mule,  or  other  animal  to 
any  lamp  post,  awning  post,  telegraph,  telephone,  or  electric 
light  pole,  shade  tree  or  fence,  within  the  City  of  Centralia, 
without  the  express  consent  of  the  owner  of  said  post,  pole,  tree 
or  fence;  and  whoever  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

41 1.  Injuring  .Street  Lamps,  Telephone  and  Other  Poles.] 

§  2.  Whoever  shall  wilfully,  maliciously,  or  negligently  break, 
deface,  injure,  or  destroy  any  street  lamp,  electric  light,  lamp 
post,  telegraph,  telephone,  or  electric  light  pole,  in  said  city, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

412.  Injury  to  Trees  or  Public  Property.]  §  3.  Whoever 
shall  cut,  hew,  mar,  deface,  injure,  or  destroy  any  shade  tree, 
awning,  or  hitching  post,  sidewalk,  bridge,  sewer,  or  culvert,  or 
any  building  or  fence,  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  city,  or 
on  the  public  streets,  alleys,  or  public  grounds  in  this  city 
belonging  to  private  individuals  or  corporations,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 

413.  Removing  Gates,  Overturning  Privies.]  §  4. 

Whoever  shall  remove,  break,  or  injure  any  gate  or  fence,  or 
overturn  or  injure  any  privy,  barn,  or  other  building  in  said  city, 
or  cut,  mar,  injure,  or  destroy  any  private  property,  without  the 
owner’s  consent,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


NOTIFY  TO  MAKE  CROSSINGS. 


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CHAPTER  XL. 

RAILROADS. 

414.  Track  Shall  Conform  to  Grade — Ditches  and  Drains 
to  be  Kept  in  Repair— Penalty.]  §  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
all  railroad  companies  or  corporations  whose  tracks  now  run 
within,  or  may  hereafter  enter  or  pass  through  the  City  of 
Centralia,  to  raise  or  lower  their  respective  tracks  to  conform  to 
any  grade  which  is  or  may  be  established  by  the  City  Council  for 
any  street  or  alley  upon  or  along  which  said  track  or  tracks  may 
be  laid  or  run,  and  where  such  track  or  tracks  run  lengthwise  of 
any  street  or  alley  to  keep  the  same  on  a  level  with  any  street  or 
alley  surface,  so  that  they  may  be  conveniently  crossed  at  any 
place  on  said  street  or  alley;  and  to  make  and  keep  open  and  in 
repair  suitable  ditches,  drains,  sewers  and  culverts  along  and 
under  their  respective  railroad  tracks,  so  that  filth  or  stagnant 
pools  of  water  cannot  stand  on  their  grounds  or  right  of  way, 
and  so  that  the  natural  drainage  of  the  adjacent  property  shall 
not  be  impeded,  and  to  construct  and  keep  in  repair  suitable  and 
convenient  crossings  at  the  intersection  of  their  said  tracks  with 
any  street,  avenue,  or  alley  in  said  city;  and  to  so  construct,  lay 
down  and  maintain  their  said  tracks  and  crossings  as  to  intefere 
as  little  as  possible  with  ordinary  travel  over,  upon,  or  along  the 
streets,  avenues  and  alleys  used  or  crossed  by  them.  Any  such 
railroad  corporation  or  company  failing,  neglecting,  or  refusing  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  above  requirements  of  this  section, 
within  thirty  days  after  written  notice  to  do  so,  given  by  the 
Street  Commissioner,  or  other  proper  officer  of  said  city,  shall, 
thereafter,  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars.  And  the  recovery  of  one  fine 
shall  be  no  bar  to  further  prosecution  for  a  like  failure  or  neglect. 

415.  Railroad  Companies  to  be  Notified  to  flake  Cross= 
ings,  etc. — Penalty.]  §  2.  Whenever  any  street  crossing, 
culvert,  or  bridge  shall  be  needed  upon  the  line  of  any  railroad 
within  said  city,  or  shall  need  to  be  altered  or  repaired,  and  the 
same  shall  have  been  ordered  by  the  City  Council,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  give  to  the  railroad  company  notice 


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in  writing  of  the  work  to  be  done  and  the  place  where  required. 
And  any  railroad  company  or  corporation  neglecting  or  refusing 
to  construct,  alter,  or  repair  any  such  crossing,  culvert,  or 
bridge,  within  thirty  days  after  the  service  of  such  notice,  shall 
thereafter  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  of  such  neglect  or 
refusal. 

416.  City  flay  Construct,  etc.]  §  3.  In  the  event  of  any 
railroad  company  or  corporation  failing  or  refusing  to  construct, 
alter,  or  repair  any  crossing,  bridge,  or  culvert,  when  duly  notified 
to  do  so,  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section  of  this  chapter,  the 
City  Council  may  order  such  crossing,  bridge,  or  culvert  con¬ 
structed,  altered,  or  repaired,  and  such  company  or  corporation 
shall,  thereupon,  be  liable  to  said  city  in  an  action  of  debt  for  the 
costs  and  expense  thereof. 

417.  Shall  Keep  Light  and  Flagman  at  Crossing — Penalty.] 

§  4.  Whenever  any  railroad  company  or  corporation  shall,  in 
pursuance  of  resolution  or  order  of  the  City  Council,  be  notified 
to  keep  a  conspicuous  light  of  any  kind  at  any  point  on  its  track 
crossed  or  intersected  by  any  street  or  avenue  in  said  city,  or  to 
keep  a  watchman  or  flagman  at  any  such  point  for  the  protection 
of  persons  or  property  against  injury  at  any  such  crossing,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  any  such  railroad  company  or  corporation, 
at  its  own  expense,  to  place  and  keep  such  light  as  required,  or 
to  station  and  retain  such  flagman,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  at  all 
times  to  warn  persons  traveling  in  the  direction  of  the  railroad 
crossing  when  there  is  danger  from  the  approach  of  locomotive 
engine,  train  or  car.  Any  railroad  company  or  corporation 
failing  or  refusing  to  comply  with  either  or  any  of  the  require¬ 
ments  of  this  section,  after  being  duly  notified,  as  aforesaid,  in 
writing,  by  the  City  Marshal,  shall,  thereafter,  be  liable  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense,  and  every  day  of  such  failure  or  refusal  to 
comply  shall  be  deemed  a  separate  offense. 

418.  Obstructing  Streets — Penalty.]  §  5.  No  railroad 
company,  railroad  engineer,  train  conductor,  or  other  person  shall 
obstruct  or  impede  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk,  crossing,  or  other 


kkkp  light  on  moving  trains. 


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thoroughfare  of  said  city,  or  any  part  thereof,  by  stopping  any 
train  thereon,  or  by  leaving  any  locomotive  engine,  car  or  cars 
thereon  for  a  longer  time  than  ten  consecutive  minutes,  under  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a  further  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
each  succeeding  ten  minutes  that  the  obstruction  shall  be  allowed 
continuously  to  remain  after  the  penalty  is  incurred. 

419.  Limit  of  Speed.]  §  6.  No  railroad  company,  or 
conductor,  engineer,  or  other  employe  of  such  company,  manag¬ 
ing  or  controlling  any  locomotive  engine,  car  or  train  shall  run 
or  move  the  same,  or  permit  the  same  to  be  run  or  moved  at  a 
greater  rate  of  speed  than  ten  miles  per  hour  for  passenger  trains 
and  six  miles  per  hour  for  other  trains,  engines  or  cars,  under  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

420.  Unnecessary  Whistling  of  Locomotives.  J  §  7.  No 
railroad  engineer,  fireman,  or  other  person  shall  sound  the  whistle 
of  any  locomotive  engine  within  this  city,  except  necessaty  brake 
signals,  and  such  as  may  be  necessary  to  avoid  accidents,  under 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

421.  Bell  to  be  Rung — Keep  Light  on  Hoving  Train.]  § 
8.  The  bell  of  each  locomotive  engine  shall  be  rung  continu¬ 
ously  while  running  upon  any  railroad  within  said  city;  and 
every  locomotive  engine,  car  or  train  of  cars  running  in  the  night 
time  on  any  railroad  track  in  the  said  city,  shall  have  and  keep  a 
conspicuous  light  at  the  forward  end  of  said  train  of  cars  or 
locomotive  engine,  and  in  the  day  time  a  watchman  on  the 
advanced  end  thereof.  If  such  engine  or  train  be  backing,  it 
shall  have  a  conspicuous  light  in  the  night  time  and  in  the  day 
time  a  watchman  at  the  rear  of  the  engine  or  train  to  show  the 
direction  in  which  the  same  is  moving.  Any  railroad  company 
or  corporation,  or  any  agent  or  employe  of  such  company  or 
corporation,  who  shall  violate  or  fail  to  observe  any  of  the 
requirements  of  this  section  shall  incur  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 


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422.  Persons  not  to  Hang  on  to  the  Steps  of  a  Railroad 
Car,  etc.]  §  9.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  not 
an  employe  of  a  railroad  company  or  corporation  to  get  upon 
the  steps  or  platform  of  any  railroad  engine  or  ear.  or  cling  to 
the  same  while  in  motion,  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
Centralia,  and  any  person  found  guilty  of  violating  this  section 
shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

423.  Not  to  Permit  Cars  of  Combustible  Hatter  to  Stand 
on  Railroad  Tracks — Penalty.]  §  10.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
anv  railroad  company  to  suffer  or  permit  any  cars  loaded  with 
oil  or  other  inflammable  or  combustible  matter  or  substance  in 
tanks,  barrels  or  otherwise,  or  cars  loaded  with  stock,  or  which 
have  not  been  thoroughly  cleaned  since  containing  stock,  or 
which  contains  manure,  decayed  vegetation,  or  other  noisome, 
obnoxious  or  offensive  matter,  to  stand  or  remain  on  any  track 
on  Chestnut  street  between  Fourth  North  and  Fourth  .South 
streets,  or  upon  or  adjacent  to  Oak  street  between  Fourth  North 
and  Fourth  South  streets,  inthecity,  fora  longer  space  of  time  than 
one  continuous  hour.  A  violation  of  this  ordinance  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  shall  subject  any  company  guilty 
of  the  same  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars,  without  any  previous  notice  being  required 
to  remove  said  cars.  Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be 
construed  to  conflict  with  any  provisions  of  any  ordinance  of 
this  city  regarding  the  obstruction  of  street  crossings  by  railroad 
companies  or  their  employes. 

424.  Laying  Railroad  Tracks  in  Streets,  etc.]  §11.  It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  corporation  to  lay  any  railroad 
track  or  tracks  in,  along,  across  or  upon  any  of  the  streets, 
avenues,  alleys,  or  other  public  places  within  the  City  of 
Centralia,  without  procuring  from  the  City  Council  permission 
therefor  in  writing.  And  before  any  such  permit  shall  be  issued 
there  shall  be  paid  to  the  city,  by  the  person  or  corporation 
requesting  the  same,  the  cost  of  issuing  the  permit  and  the 
expense  of  causing  the  construction  under  such  permit,  to  be 
superintended  by  the  Street  Commissioner.  Any  violation  of  the 


penalty  for  scattering  filth  on  street. 


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above  section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense.  And  for  every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  any  railroad  track 
or  tracks,  ties,  rails,  grading,  embankment,  excavation  or  cut 
shall  be  allowed  to  remain  or  be  in,  upon,  over,  or  across  any 
street,  avenue,  alley,  or  other  public  place,  within  said  city,  the 
person  or  corporation  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a  separate  offense  under  this  ordinance. 


CHAPTER  XLI. 

SCAVENGERS. 

425.  License  and  Penalty.]  §  1.  That  no  person  shall 
carry  on  the  business  of  Night  Scavenger,  or  engage  in  the 
business  of  cleaning  out  privy  vaults,  cess  pools  or  sink  holes, 
without  having  paid  for  a  license  so  to  do,  which  license  shall  be 
paid  for  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  per  annum,  or  for  such  propor¬ 
tionate  part  of  a  year  as  the  same  shall  be  issued,  and  all  such 
licenses  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  May  next  ensuing  their 
issue.  And  whoever  shall  pursue  such  calling  or  engage  in  such 
business,  without  having  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

426.  Penalty  for  Scattering  Filth  on  Streets.]  §  2. 
Every  vehicle  used  to  transfer  dung,  filth,  offal  or  other  offensive 
matter  through  the  streets  of  the  city,  shall  be  fitted  with  a  tight 
box  or  barrels,  and  shall  be  so  constructed  that  no  portion  of 
the  offensive  matter  conveyed  shall  be  scattered  or  left  on  the 
streets,  and  when  necessary  to  prevent  the  escape  of  offensive 
odors  from  said  box  or  barrels,  the  same  shall  have  a  tight 
covering  of  some  suitable  material.  Any  Scavenger  using  in  his 
business  any  vehicle  not  of  the  construction  specified,  or  who 
shall  scatter,  leave  or  deposit  any  filth,  offal  or  offensive  matter 
upon  any  street,  alley  or  common  within  the  city,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 


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427.  Hours  When  to  Remove,  and  Disposition  of  Offal.] 

§  3.  No  privy  vault  shall  be  opened,  or  the  contents  thereof 
disturbed  or  removed,  between  the  hours  of  five  o’clock  A.  M.  and 
ten  o’clock  p.  m.  of  any  day,  nor  shall  such  contents  be  deposited 
or  buried  within  the  city,  except  by  special  permission  of  the 
Board  of  Health  of  said  city,  and  in  such  manner  and  places  as 
shall  be  by  them  directed.  And  if  any  Night  Scavenger  shall 
not  bury  such  contents,  as  above  provided,  and  cover  the  same  so 
•as  to  prevent  any  smell  arising  therefrom,  his  license  shall  be  im¬ 
mediately  forfeited  and  annulled  by  the  Mayor.  Any  person 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty -five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

428.  Scavengers  Charges.]  §  4.  Night  Scavengers  shall 
be  allowed  to  charge  for  and  receive  for  material  removed  b}r 
them  three  dollars  for  the  first  cubic  yard,  two  dollars  for  the 
second,  and  one  dollar  for  the  third  cubic  yard,  and  for 
each  additional  cubic  yard  over  three  cubic  yards,  the  sum  of  one 
dollar.  And  whoever,  being  licensed  as  a  Scavenger,  shall  charge 
in  excess  of  the  above  rates  for  removing  material  from  one  place 
to  another  in  this  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


SEWERS. 


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CHAPTER  XLII. 

seal. 

429.  Description  of  5eal.]  §  1.  That  a  seal,  in  circular 
form,  with  the  words  “City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,”  and  in  the 
interior  and  center  of  said  circle  the  words  “Incorporated  March, 
1859,”  shall  be  the  seal  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  to  be  used  in 
all  cases  that  have  been  or  shall  be  hereafter  provided  by  law  or 
the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  in  all  cases  in  which 
it  is  or  may  become  necessary  to  use  a  seal  by  the  corporation. 
But  in  no  case  shall  the  impression  of  the  corporate  seal  be 
binding  upon  the  city,  unless  it  is  authorized  by  law  or  the 
ordinances  of  said  city,  and  is  attested  by  the  official  signature  of 
the  City  Clerk. 


CHAPTER  XLIII. 

SEWERS. 

430.  Sewers — How  Constructed.]  §  1.  All  sewers 
ordered  and  provided  for  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Centralia,  shall  be  constructed  of  such  form  and  dimensions,  and 
of  materials  of  the  best  quality,  laid  in  such  manner,  and  of  such 
thickness,  and  to  such  grade  and  depth,  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance.  All  such  sewers  shall  be  laid  at  such  depth  below 
grade  as  will  effectually  drain  such  lateral  sewers  as  may  be 
conducted  into  the  same,  and  drains  from  cellars,  and  grounds  in 
the  lowest  part  of  the  district  through  which  it  is  laid;  and  all 
such  sewers  shall  be  constructed  with  reference  to  future  connec¬ 
tions  and  extensions,  and  suitable  openings  or  “Tees,”  and 
“Crosses,”  shall  be  left  at  all  cross  streets  or  intersections,  to 
admit  of  proper  connections  with  such  lateral  sewers  as  may 
thereafter  be  constructed  in  such  cross  streets,  and  such  openings 
shall  be  securely  closed  with  suitable  coverings,  so  that  the  same 


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will  not  permit  of  the  sewerage  to  escape  thereat,  and  so  that 
connections  may  be  made  at  the  proper  time  without  damaging 
the  main  sewer. 

431.  Inlets,  etc.]  §  2.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  off 
the  surface  drainage,  suitable  grated  openings  or  inlets  shall  be 
constructed  at  proper  intervals,  in  each  block,  which  intakes  shall 
be  connected  with  the  main  sewer  by  suitable  pipes  of  sufficient 
size  and  laid  with  such  descent  or  fall  as  will  effectually  carry  off 
the  surface  water  into  the  sewers. 

432.  Lateral  Sewers  and  Private  Drains.]  §  3.  All 
drains  from  private  property  into  public  sewers  shall  be 
constructed  only  upon  express  permission  granted  by  the  City 
Council,  application  being  made  for  that  purpose,  setting  forth 
the  size,  depth  and  kind  of  drain,  and  the  purpose  for  which  the 
connection  is  to  be  made,  and  all  of  such  drains  shall  be 
laid  at  such  depth,  and  connected  in  such  manner  as 
the  City  Council  shall  prescribe,  and  shall  be  constructed  of 
suitable  iron  or  tile  pipes.  The  City  Council  shall  have  the  right 
to  prescribe  a  uniform  rate  of  charges  for  all  connections  of 
private  drains  made  with  public  sewers,  which  charge  shall  be 
paid  before  connection  is  made;  and  all  such  connections  shall  be 
made  under  the  supervision  of  the  Street  Commissioner. 

433.  Certain  Uses  Prohibited.]  §  4.  No  connection 
shall  be  used  into  any  public  sewer  for  the  purpose  of  discharg¬ 
ing  or  exhausting  steam,  nor  shall  any  butchers’  offal,  garbage 
or  decayed  vegetation,  be  deposited  or  thrown  into  any  public 
sewer,  or  private  drain  connecting  therewith;  nor  shall  any  privy 
vault  or  water  closet  be  emptied  into  any  such  sewer.  Whoever 
shall  violate  any  of  the  terms  of  this  section,  or  whoever  shall 
connect  any  private  drain  with  a  public  sewer,  without  the 
permission  of  the  City  Council,  as  is  provided  in  the  preceding 
section,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  the  City  Council  shall  have 
the  power  to  order  such  private  drains  disconnected. 

434.  Obstructing  Sewers,  or  Natural  Drains,  or  Changing 
Same.]  §  5.  That  no  natural  drain  shall  be  changed  or  altered, 
except  upon  the  permission  of  the  City  Council,  and  under  the 


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sidewalks. 


direction  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  and  whoever  shall  obstruct, 
fill  up  or  change  any  natural  drain,  whether  on  public  or  private 
lands  in  this  city,  without  such  permission  of  the  City  Council,  or 
obstruct,  fill  up,  break,  or  otherwise  damage  any  public  sewer, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  for  a  further  fine  of 
five  dollars  per  day  for  every  day  he  shall  neglect  to  replace  such 
sewer  or  drain  in  the  condition  it  was  before  interfered  with,  after 
being  so  notified  by  the  Street  Commissioner  so  to  do. 


CHAPTER  XLIY. 

SIDEWALKS. 

445.  Ten  Foot  Stone  Sidewalks.]  §  1.  That  all  sidewalks 
constructed  on  the  following  portions  of  the  public  streets  in  the 
City  of  Centralia,  to-wit:  O11  the  east  side  of  Locust  street  from 
Broad  wav  to  First  South  street;  on  the  west  side  of  Locust  street 
from  Broadway  to  the  City  Hall;  on  the  north  side  of  Broadway 
from  Poplar  street  to  Walnut  street;  on  the  south  side  of  Broad¬ 
way  from  Poplar  street  to  Walnut  street;  on  the  west  side  of 
Chestnut  street  from  the  north  line  of  lot  eight,  in  block  twenty  - 
one,  to  the  south  line  of  lot  two,  in  block  thirty-seven;  on  the 
east  side  of  Oak  street  from  Broadway  to  the  north  line  of  lot 
nine,  in  block  twenty,  shall  be  constructed  of  natural  or 
artificial  stone  of  a  width  of  ten  feet,  in  strict  accordance  with 
the  specifications  hereinafter  set  forth. 

446.  Five  Foot  Stone  Sidewalks.]  §  2.  That  all  side¬ 
walks  constructed  on  public  streets  in  the  following  described 
territory,  to-wit;  Commencing  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and 
Sycamore  streets,  and  running  thence  west  upon  and  including 
Broadway  to  Maple  street,  thence  north  upon  and  including 
Maple  street  to  Second  North  street,  thence  west  on  and  including 
Second  North  street  to  Elm  street,  thence  north  on  and  including 
Elm  street  to  Third  North  street,  thence  west  on  and  including 
Third  North  street  to  Poplar  street,  thence  north  on  and  includ- 


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ing  Poplar  street  to  Fourth  North  street,  thence  west  on  and 
including  Fourth  North  street  to  Locust  street,  thence  south  on 
and  including  Locust  street  to  Third  North  street,  thence  west  on 
and  including  Third  North  street  to  Walnut  street,  thence  south 
on  and  including  Walnut  street  to  Second  North  street,  thence 
west  on  and  including  Second  North  street  to  Hickory  street, 
thence  south  on  and  including  Hickory  street  to  Broadway, 
thence  west  on  and  including  Broadway  to  Cherry  street,  thence 
south  on  and  including  Cherry  street  to  First  South  street,  thence 
east  on  and  including  First  south  street  to  Chestnut  street,  thence 
south  on  and  including  Chestnut  street  to  Second  South  street, 
thence  east  on  and  including  Second  South  street  to  Locust 
street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Locust  street  to  Fourth 
South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  Fourth  South  street 
to  Poplar  street,  thence  north  on  and  including  Poplar  street  to 
Second  South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  Second  South 
street  to  Maple  street,  thence  north  on  and  including  Maple 
street  to  First  South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  First 
South  street  to  Sycamore  street,  thence  north  on  and  including 
Sycamore  street  to  Broadway,  the  place  of  beginning,  except 
such  portion  of  said  streets  in  said  territory  as  are  required  by 
the  preceding  section  to  be  provided  with  a  ten  foot  walk,  shall 
be  constructed  of  natural  or  artificial  stone,  of  a  width  of  five 
feet,  in  strict  accordance  with  the  specifications  hereinafter  set 
forth. 

447.  Five  Foot  Brick  Walks.]  §  3.  That  hereafter  all 
sidewalks  constructed  on  the  public  streets  within  the  territory 
hereinafter  described,  except  such  portion  of  said  territory  as  is 
included  in  the  two  preceding  sections,  that  is  to  say,  commen¬ 
cing  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  North  and  Pine  streets  and  running 
thence  west  upon  and  including  Fourth  North  street  to  Maple 
street,  thence  north  on  and  including  Maple  street  to  Fifth  North 
street,  thence  west  on  and  including  Fifth  North  street  to  Poplar 
street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Poplar  street  to  Fourth 
North  street,  thence  west  on  and  including  Fourth  North  street 
to  Rexford  Avenue,  thence  west  on  and  including  Rexford 

Avenue  to  Beech  street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Beech 
street  to  Second  North  street,  thence  west  on  and  including: 

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Second  North  street  and  Edward  street,  its  extension,  to  Brook  - 
side  Avenue,  thence  south  on  and  including  Brookside  Avenue 
to  Miller  Avenue,  thence  east  on  and  including  Miller  Avenue  to 
Washington  Boulevard,  thence  south  on  and  including  Washing¬ 
ton  Boulevard  to  the  south  line  of  Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard 
Addition,  thence  east  on  said  south  line  to  the  Marion  county 
line,  thence  south  on  said  county  line  to  Second  South  street, 
thence  east  on  and  including  Second  South  street  to  Cherry 
street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Cherry  street  to  Third 
South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  Third  South  street  to 
Hickory  street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Hickory  street  to 
Fourth  South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  Fourth  South 
street  to  Locust  street,  thence  south  on  and  including  Locust 
street  to  Shawnee  street,  thence  east  on  and  including  Shawnee 
street  to  Poplar  street,  thence  north  on  and  including  Poplar 
street  to  Seventh  South  street,  thence  east  on  and  including 
Seventh  South  street  to  Maple  street,  thence  north  on  and 
including  Maple  street  to  Fourth  South  street,  thence  east  on 
and  including  Fourth  South  street  to  Sycamore  street,  thence 
north  on  and  including  Sycamore  street  to  Second  South  street, 
thence  east  on  and  including  Second  South  street  to  Pine  street, 
thence  north  on  and  including  Pine  street  to  Fourth  North 
street,  the  place  of  beginning,  shall  be  constructed  of  a  good 
quality  of  smooth,  hard  burned  paving  brick,  and  of  a  width  of 
not  less  than  five  feet,  and  in  strict  accordance  with  the  specifica¬ 
tions  hereinafter  set  forth. 

.  448.  Four  Foot  Brick  Sidewalks.]  §  4.  That  all  other 
sidewalks  constructed  on  public  streets  in  this  city,  not  included 
in  the  territory  described  in  the  three  preceding  sections,  shall  be 
constructed  of  a  good  quality  of  smooth,  hard  burned  paving  brick, 
and  of  a  width  not  less  than  four  feet,  and  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  specifications  hereinafter  set  forth. 

449.  Specifications  for  Natural  Stone  Sidewalks.]  §  5. 
That  where  the  property  owner  in  the  districts  hereinbefore 
mentioned  shall  determine  to  construct  a  natural  stone  sidewalk 

on  that  portion  of  the  public  street  in  said  territory  on  which  his 
lot  or  lots  shall  abut,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  he  shall  first  cause  the  sub -surface  to  be  properly  shaped 


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and  graded  to  a  uniform  depth  of  six  inches  below  the  sidewalk 
grade  line,  to  be  furnished  him  by  the  Street  Commissioner,  and 
the  surface  thus  formed  shall  be  thoroughly  packed  by  ramming. 
After  the  grading  and  shaping  is  done  a  sub-foundation  of  gravel  or 
sand,  free  from  earthy  substance,  not  less  than  two  inches  thick, 
shall  be  placed  on  the  sub-grade,  and  shall  be  well  consolidated 
by  ramming  to  an  even  surface  and  uniform  thickness.  When  this 
sub-foundation  is  completed,  a  good  quality  of  hard  limestone, 
free  from  soft  or  shalv  spots,  and  such  only  as  shall  be  approved 
by  the  Street  Commissioner  and  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys, 
shall  be  laid  on  said  sub-foundation,  true  to  the  grade,  with  edges 
jointed  so  as  to  make  a  neat  and  compact  joint. 

Where  ten  foot  sidewalks  are  required  to  be  constructed,  said 
stone  flagging  shall  be  not  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness,  and 
the  slabs  shall  not  be  of  a  greater  width  than  five  feet,  and  shall 
rest  on  suitable  brick  or  stone  foundations  at  the  curb,  center  and 
lot  line,  of  not  less.than  eight  inches  in  thickness,  and  of  a  suit¬ 
able  depth  to  insure  permanency  and  stability,  and  against  all 
danger  of  settling. 

Where  said  stone  walks  are  required  to  be  but  five  feet,  the 
stone  shall  be  not  less  than  three  inches  in  thickness,  and  not 
more  than  five  feet  in  width;  no  brick  or  stone  foundation  shall 
be  required,  but  clay  or  sod  shall  be  placed  on  both  sides,  on  the 
same  level  with  the  top  of  the  stone,  so  as  to  prevent  the  sand  or 
gravel  of  the  sub-foundation  from  being  washed  out  from  under  - 
neath  the  same. 

450.  Specifications  for  Artificial  Stone  Walks.]  §  6. 

That  where  the  property  owner,  in  the  districts  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  shall  determine  to  construct  an  artificial  stone  walk 
on  that  portion  of  the  public  street  in  said  territory  on  which  his 
lot  or  lots  abut,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he 
shall  first  cause  the  sub -surface  to  be  properly  shaped  and  graded 
to  a  uniform  depth  of  twelve  inches  below  the  sidewalk  grade 
line,  to  be  furnished  him  by  the  Street  Commissioner,  and  the 
surface  thus  formed  shall  be  thoroughly  packed  by  ramming. 

After  the  grading  and  shaping  are  done,  a  sub-foundation, 

entirely  of  clean  sharp  gravel,  free  from  earthy  substance,  not 
less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness  shall  be  placed  on  the  sub- 


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grade,  and  shall  be  well  consolidated  by  ramming  to  an  even 
surface  and  uniform  thickness.,  When  this  sub-foundation  is 
completed,  the  artificial  stone  flagging  shall  be  laid  in  a  good 
workmanlike  manner,  and  shall  consist  of  two  coirrses: 
First — a  bottom  course  shall  be.  laid  of  three  and  one-half  (3^2) 
inches  in  thickness,  composed  of  coarse  sand  and  fine  gravel, 
clean  and  sharp.  and  free  from  all  dust  and  earthy  substance, 
and  of  the  best  quality  of  pure  Portland  cement,  in  the  propor¬ 
tion  of  three  (3)  parts  sand  and  gravel  to  one  (1)  part  cement; 
said  sand,  gravel  and  cement,,  ill  the  above  mentioned 
proportions,  shall  be  first  mixed  dry,  then  sufficient  clean  water 
shall  be  slowly  added  by  sprinkling  while  the  material  is  con¬ 
stantly  and  carefully  stirred  an$  worked  up,  until  the  whole  is 
thoroughly  mixed  and  is  of  a  consistency  so  as  to  pack  together 
thoroughly  when  rammed;  the  sub-foundation  shall  then  be  moist¬ 
ened,  by  sprinkling,  and  this  mass  of  cement  spread  over  the 
same  and  thoroughly  rammed,  so  as  to  fill  all.  the  interstices  with 
cement,  and  thoroughly  packed,,  especially  at  the  outer  edges 
thereof.  Second — when  this  bottom  course  is  completed,  the 
finishing  or  wearing  course  shall  be  added  as  follows:  This  course 
shall  consist  of  a  mortar  composed  of  clean,  sharp  sand  or  granu¬ 
lated  granite,  and  of  the  best  quality  of  pure  Portland  cement,  in 
the  proportion  of  two  (2 )' parts  of  cement  to  three,  (3)  parts  sand 
or  gravel,  and  shall  be  laid  to  the  depth  of  one-half  inch,  and 
shall  be  thoroughly  smoothed  to  an  even  surface,  which  after  the 
first  setting  begins  shall  not  be  disturbed  by  additional  rubbing. 

The  sidewalk,  before  the  cement  sets,  shall  be  cut  through 
both  layers  of  cement  at  intervals  of  four  feet,  to  give  the  appear¬ 
ance  of  flag  stones,  and  when  completed,  it  shall  be  covered  for 
three  days,  and  kept  moist  by  .sprinkling.  The  edges  of  said 
sidewalk  shall  be  so  made  as  to  show  one  quarter  of  an  inch 
bevel. 

That  where  ten  foot  walks  are  required  to  be  constructed,  an 
outer  curb  of  artificial  stone  constructed  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  surface  walk,  or  a  natural  stone  curbing,  shall  be  set  at  the 
outer  edge  of  such  walk;  said  curbing  to  be  so  placed  as  to  pre¬ 
vent  settling  or  falling  away  from  such  walk,  and  deep  enough  in 
the  earth  to  prevent  action  from  frost. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


And  where  five  foot  walks  are  constructed,  clay  or  sod  shall 
be  placed  on  both  sides  of  the  same,  to  prevent  the  sub -founda¬ 
tion  from  washing  out  from  underneath  the  same. 

451.  Specification  for  Brick  Sidewalks.]  §  7.  That  the 
property  owners  whose  lot  or  lots  abut  upon  said  streets  on 
which  brick  sidewalks  are  recpiired  to  be  constructed,  shall 

construct  the  same  according  to  the  following  specifications, 
towit:  The  surface  of  the  earth  shall  be  properly  graded  to  a 
uniform  depth  of  eight  inches  below  the  sidewalk  grade  line,  to 
be  furnished  by  the  Street  Commissioner,  and  the  surface  thus 
formed  shall  be  thoroughly  rolled  or  rammed.  After  the  grading 
and  shaping  are  done,  there  shall  be  set  up  on  end,  on  both  sides 
of  the  trench  thus  formed,  good  smooth,  hard  burned,  paving 
brick,  eight  inches  long,  eight  inches  broad  and  two  inches 
thick;  they  shall  be  set  in  straight  lines,  vertical  to  the  plane  of 
the  walk,  their  tops  forming  a  smooth,  regular  surface,  conform¬ 
ing  to  the  elevation  of  the  sidewalk  grade,  so  furnished  by  the 
Street  Commissioner.  On  the  sub-grade  between  said  curbs  shall 
be  evenly  spread  a  bed  of  gravel,  entirely  free  from  dirt  and 
earthy  substance,  of  the  depth  of  five  inches,  which  gravel  shall 
be  thoroughly  rammed  so  as  to  settle  and  pack  the  same;  on  this 
bed  of  gravel  shall  be  spread  a  layer  of  screened  sand,  free  from 
dirt,  of  a  thickness  of  one  inch  at  the  outer  edge  of  the  walk, 
and  with  its  surface  convexed  so  as  to  have  a  gradual  rise  of  one- 
half  an  inch  to  the  foot  from  the  outer  edge  of  said  walk  to  the 
center,  which  layer  of  sand  shall  be  lightly  rammed,  to  compact 
the  same  in  said  shape;  and  on  this  bed  of  sand  shall  be  laid,  in 
herring  bone  shape,  on  their  flat  sides,  in  close  contact  with  each 
other,  a  layer  of  even  sized,  whole,  hard  burned  brick,  of  not 
less  than  two  inches  in  thickness,  eight  inches  in  length  and 
four  inches  in  width.  After  said  bricks  are  laid  they  shall  be 
made  smooth,  conforming  to  the  above  mentioned  convexity,  by 
placing  a  plank  upon  the  same  and  striking  it  with  a  heavy 
beetle;  them  over  this  shall  be  spread  a  layer  of  fine  screened, 
dry  sand  one-half  inch  thick,  and  swept  in  until  all  joints 
and  erevises  are  filled. 


TIME  WHEN  WALKS  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUCTED. 


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452.  Street  Commissioner  to  Oversee  Work.]  §  8. 

That  all  material  used  in  the  construction  of  sidewalks,  as 
required  by  this  ordinance,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Street 
Commissioner  and  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  before  the 
same  are  used,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commis¬ 
sioner  and  said  Committee  to  reject  all  materials  which  do  not 
strictly  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance;  and  the 
Street  Commissioner  shall  also  supervise  the  construction  of  all 

such  sidewalks,  both  as  to  the  material  and  the  manner  of  con¬ 
struction,  and  when  completed  he  shall  report  the  same  to  the 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
immediately  inspect  the  same;  and  no  money  shall  be  paid  by 
the  city,  as  hereinafter  provided  for  its  proportionate  share  of 
the  cost  of  construction  of  such  sidewalks,  except  upon  a 
certificate  from  the  Street  Commissioner,  approved  by  the 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  showing  the  area  of  such 
sidewalk,  and  that  the  materials  used  therein  and  the  manner  of 
construction  are  in  strict  compliance  with  the  terms  of  this 
ordinance. 

453.  Time  When  Walks  Shall  be  Constructed.]  §  9. 

That  whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Street  Commissioner 
and  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  any  sidewalk  in  this  city  has 
become  worn,  decayed,  or  dilapidated,  so  as  to  be  dangerous  to 
the  public,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner, 
acting  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Committee  on  Streets 
and  Alleys,  to  report  the  same  to  the  City  Council,  who  shall 
proceed  to  condemn  the  same  and  have  the  same  removed,  and 
instruct  the  Street  Commissioner  to  notify  the  owner  or  agent  of 
the  property,  on  which  said  sidewalk  abuts,  to  replace  such 
sidewalk  within  thirty  days,  with  a  stone  or  brick  sidewalk  of 
the  dimension,  kind  and  quality  required  by  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

That  no  wooden  sidewalks  shall  be  rebuilt  in  this  city,  except 
where  the  same  are  so  elevated,  or  across  such  natural  water 
courses  as  to  be,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Street  Commissioner  and 
Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  impracticable  to  construct  stone 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


or  brick  walks;  and  such  elevated  wooden  sidewalks  shall  be 
constructed  only  upon  the  order  of  the  City  Council,  and  at  the 
entire  expense  of  the  property  owner  whose  lot  it  abuts. 

454.  City  to  Contribute  a  Portion  of  the  Cost.]  §  10. 

That  whenever,  pursuant  to  the  notice  served  upon  him  by  the 
Street  Commissioner  for  that  purpose  and  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  a  property  owner  shall  construct  a  sidewalk  of  the 
width  of  ten  feet,  the  city,  upon  the  presentation  of  the  bill  for 
the  total  cost  of  the  same,  excluding  any  portion  of  the  cost  of 
the  foundation  necessitated  by  reason  of  .pillars,  or  other  open¬ 
ings,  and  the  certificate  of  the-Street  Commissioner,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  pay  said  owner  one-fifth’ (1-5)  of  the  cost  of  said 
walk.  r,.  ' 

> 

That  whenever,  pursuant  to  the  notice  of  the  Street  Com¬ 
missioner  and  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  a  property  owner 
shall  construct  a  sidewalk  of  the  width  of  five  feet,  the  city, 
upon  presentation  of  the  bill  for  the  total  cost  of  the  same, 
including  the  corner  square  of  sidewalks  abutting  on  corner  lots, 
and  the  certificate  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  pay  said  owner  one  fourth.  of  the  total 

cost  of  such  sidewalk. 

That  whenever,  pursuant  to  the  notice  of  the  Street  Conn 
missioner  and  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  a  property  owner 
shall  construct  a  sidewalk  of  the  width  of  four  feet,  the  city,  upon 
the  presentation  of  the  bill  of  the  total  cost  of  the  same,  including 
the  corner  square  of  sidewalks  abutting  upon  corner  lots,  and  the 
certificate  of, .the  Street  Commissioner,  as  hereinbefore  provided, 
shall  pay  said  owner  one-fourth  (}{)  of  the  total  oost  of  such 
sidewalk.  .  . 

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455.  Failure  to  Construct  Sidewalks  Voluntarily.]  §  n.' 

That  whenever  a  property  owner  shalb  neglect  or  fail  to  construct 
his  sidewalk  within  thirty  days,  pursuant  to  the  notice  served 
upon  him  by  the  Street  Commissioner  and  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  or  shall  construct  his  sidewalk  prior  to  any  such 
notice,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  contribution  toward  .the 
cost  of  the  same  by  the  city,  although  he  may  thereafter  con¬ 
struct  such  sidewalk;  and  the.  City  Council  shall  forthwith  take 


DISPLAYING  GOODS  ON  SIDEWALKS. 


219 


the  necessary  steps  to  construct  sidewalks  of  the  dimensions  and 
character  specified  in  this  ordinance,  whenever  the  property 
owner  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  do  so  within  the  thirty  days  allowed 
therefor;  and  the  total  costs  of  the  construction  of  such  sidewalks 
shall  be  paid  for  by  a  special  tax  levied  upon  the  property  of  such 
owner  abutting  upon  such  sidewalk,  according  to  the  foot 
frontage  thereof,  and  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided. 

OBSTRUCTIONS  TO  SIDEWALKS. 

456.  Porches,  Steps,  etc — Not  to  Protude  Over  Sidewalk.] 

§  12.  No  porch,  stoop,  step,  stair  railing,  platform,  bay  01- 
other  window,  erected  or  to  be  erected  within  this  city,  shall  be 
allowed  to  extend  into  or  upon  the  public  sidewalk.  Any 
violation  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
every  day  such  obstruction  shall  continue  after  notice  from  the 
Marshal  or  Street  Commissioner  to  remove  the  same. 

457-  Signs,  Cellar  Doors,  etc.]  §  13.  No  sign  shall 
project  from  any  store  or  other  building  into  or  upon  or  over 
any  sidewalk  or  public  street,  unless  elevated  at  least  ten  feet 
above  the  same.  Nor  shall  any  cellar  door  rise  or  project  above 
the  surface  of  the  sidewalk,  nor  shall  the  hinges  thereof,  or  any¬ 
thing  connected  therewith,  project  or  rise  above  the  door,  nor 
shall  any  staple,  lock  or  other  fastening  be  placed  on  the  upper 
side  thereof.  Whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  to  a  further  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  day  such 
obstruction  shall  be  continued  after  notice  from  the  Marshal  or 
Street  Commissioner  to  remove  the  same. 

458.  Displaying  Goods  on  Sidewalk.]  §  14.  No  person 
shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed  upon  any  public  sidewalk  in 
this  city  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  for  sale  or  show 
beyond  two  feet  from  the  front  -line  of  the  lot  where  such  goods 
are  exposed.  Nor  shall  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  be 
suspended  for  sale  or  show  at  a  height  of  less  than  eight  feet 
above  any  public  sidewalk.  No  stands  or  other  structures  shall 
be  permanently  erected  and  maintained  upon  any  sidewalk  for 
the  purpose  of  displaying  goods  or  merchandise,  and  all  stands 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


and  other  structures  upon  public  sidewalks  for  displaying  goods 
and  merchandi.se,  shall  be  removed  and  said  sidewalk  cleared 
from  such  obstructions  from  and  after  sunset  until  sunrise. 
Whoever  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a  further  fine  of  five  dollars 
for  each  da}r  such  obstruction  shall  be  continued  after  notice 
from  the  City  Marshal  or  Street  Commissioner  to  remove  the 
same. 

459.  Receiving  and  Delivering  Goods  on  Sidewalk.]  § 

15.  No  person  or  firm  receiving  or  delivering  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  in  this  city  shall  place  or  keep  the  same  upon  any 
public  sidewalk,  without  leaving  a  passage  at  least  six  feet  wide 
for  foot  passengers;  and  no  person  or  firm  receiving  such  goods 
shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  remain  on  such  sidewalk  for  a 
longer  period  than  six  hours.  Whoever  shall  violate  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a 
further  fine  of  five  dollars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  said 
obstruction  shall  remain  as  aforesaid  after  notice  from  the 
City  Marshal  or  Street  Commissioner  to  remove  the  same. 

460.  Auctioneers  not  to  Collect  Crowd  on  Sidewalks.] 

§  16.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  cause  a  crowd  of  people 
to  collect  upon  any  sidewalk  or  street  in  this  city,  by  means  of 
public  outcry,  sleight  of  hand  performance,  auctioneering,  show, 
music  or  other  entertainment,  whereby  the  free  passage  of 
persons  is  hindered  or  prevented,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  as  the 
author  of  a  nuisance,  and  of  obstructing  sidewalks  or  streets, 
and  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

461.  Vehicles  not  to  be  Driven  over  Sidewalks.]  §  17. 
No  person  or  persons  shall  cross  or  pass  over  any  sidewalk  with 
any  horse,  mule,  team,  wagon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  or  ride 
or  drive  thereon,  except  where  necessary  to  cross  the  same  to  get 
into  a  yard  or  lot  where  no  suitable  crossing  has  been  provided, 
under  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

462.  Street  Cross  Walks  Not  to  be  Obstructed.]  §  18. 
All  cross  walks  in  this  city  shall  be  kept  free  from  any  wagons, 
carts,  drays,  carriages,  horses,  or  other  animals,  and  the. same 


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shall  not  be  placed  or  suffered  to  stand  thereon,  except  so  far  as 
may  be  necessary  to  cross  the  same,  and  the  owner  of  such 
wagon,  vehicle,  or  animal,  or  the  party  obstructing  such  cross 
walk  therewith,  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

463.  Coal  holes  and  Vaults  Under  Sidewalks.]  §  19. 

Whenever  the  owner  or  tenant  of  the  abutting  estate  is  permitted 
to  construct  and  use  a  coal  hole  or  vault  in  front  of  or  on  the 
side  of  said  estate,  and  under  the  sidewalk,  he  shall,  in  consider¬ 
ation  thereof,  be  held  responsible  to  the  city  for  any  and  all 
damages  to  persons  or  property  in  consequence  of  any  defect  in 
the  construction  of  said  vault  or  coal  hole,  or  for  allowing  the 
same  or  any  portion  thereof  to  remain  out  of  repair,  or  in 
consequence  of  the  aperture  in  the  sidewalk  being  left  exposed 
or  uncovered,  or  from  the  covering  thereof  being  left  insecure 
or  unfastened,  and  said  owner  or  tenant  shall  be  required  to 
maintain  and  keep  such  coal  hole  or  vault,  and  the  sidewalk  over 
the  same  in  and  in  front  of  said  estate  in  good  order  and  repair, 
and  safe  for  public  travel  over  the  same. 

464.  Persons  Not  to  Lounge  Upon  or  Obstruct  .Sidewalks.] 

§  20.  No  person  shall  obstruct  or  encumber  any  street  corner, 
sidewalk,  or  other  public  place  of  the  city  by  lounging  or 
loitering  in,  on,  or  about  the  same,  and  they  shall  immediately 
move  on  and  disperse  upon  the  request  of  any  officer  of  the  city. 
Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars. 

465.  City  Officers  to  Remove  Obstructions.  ]  §  21.  It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor,  Marshal,  or  Street  Commissioner 
to- cause  any  obstruction  erected,  placed,  or  continued  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  removed  within  a 
reasonable  time,  after  notice  to  that  effect  by  either  of  the  officers 
aforesaid  has  been  served  upon  the  party  or  parties  erecting, 
placing,  or  continuing  such  obstruction;  and  the  owner,  agent, 
or  party  causing  such  obstruction  or  violation  shall  pay  all 
expenses  and  costs  of  such  removal  in  addition  to  the  penalties 
aforesaid. 


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466.  Pedestrians  Entitled  to  Undisputed  Right  of  Way.] 

§  22.  That  whoever  runs  a  hand  truck,  or  wheelbarrow  along  or 
upon  any  sidewalk  in  this  city  shall,  at  all  times,  upon  meeting 
or  overtaking  any  pedestrian  upon  such  sidewalk,  remove  such 
vehicle  entirely  off  of  such  sidewalk  so  as  to  give  such  pedestrian 
a  free  and  uninterrupted  passage  of  the  entire  width  of  such 
sidewalk.  And  whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

467.  Unlawful  to  Ride  Bicycles  or  Tricycles  on  Side= 
walks.]  §  23.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
ride  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  or  other  similar  vehicle  along  or  upon 
any  public  sidewalk  within  the  limits  of  this  city.  And  whoever 
shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

468.  Trucks  and  Wheelbarrows  not  to  be  Overloaded.] 

§  24.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  run  a  truck  or 
wheelbarrow  over  any  public  sidewalk  in  this  city  with  more 
than  one  trunk  or  piece  of  baggage,  or  more  than  one  box 
thereon,  or  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  a  moderate  walk. 
And  whoever  shall  violate  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense. 


CONDEMNED  SLAUGHTER  HOUSES. 


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CHAPTER  XLV. 

SLAUGHTER  HOUSES. 

469.  Slaughter  Houses  in  City  Limits  Prohibited.]  §  1. 

That  whoever  shall  within  the  limits  of  this  city  establish  or 
maintain  any  slaughter  or  packing  house,  or  carry  on  the 
business  of  slaughtering  or  butchering  cattle,  sheep,  swine  or 
other  stock,  shall  be  guilty  of  creating  a  nuisance;  and  any 
person  or  persons  causing  or  continuing  any  such  nuisance 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  to  a  further 
fine  of  ten  dollars  for  each  day,  after  the  first  conviction,  that  any 
such  nuisance  shall  remain. 

470.  Health  Committee  to  Examine.]  §  2.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Health  Committee  in  the  months  of  May,  July  and 
September,  and  at  such  other  times  as  they  may  deem  proper  in  each 
year,  to  visit  all  slaughter  or  packing  houses  and  places  where 
the  slaughtering  or  butchering  of  animals  is  carried  on  within  a 
distance  of  five  miles  of  the  limits  of  this  city,  which  supply 
meat  of  any  kind  to  the  butcher  shops  or  meat  markets  of  this 
city,  or  wherein  the  meat  offered  for  sale  in  the  markets  of  this 
city  is  prepared,  stored,  dressed  or  kept,  and  thoroughly  inspect 
the  same,  and  all  the  immediate  premises  surrounding  the  same, 
and  if  the  said  slaughter  or  packing  houses,  or  such  premises 
where  said  meat  is  prepared,  dressed,  killed  or  kept  is  not  in  a 
clean,  wholesome  and  thoroughly  sanitary  condition,  then  said 
committee  shall  at  once  notify  all  such  butcher  shops,  markets  or 
other  places  in  said  city  where  said  meat  is  kept  on  sale  of  the 
fact  that  such  slaughter  or  packing  house  is  in  an  unsanitary 
condition. 

471.  Sale  of  Heat  Prohibited  From  Condemned  Slaughter 
Houses.]  §  3.  That  upon  the  service  of  such  notice  upon  the 
owner  or  his  clerk  or  agent  in  charge  of  any  butcher  shop, 
meat  market,  or  other  place  where  meat  from  said  slaughter  or 
packing  house  is  kept  on  sale  in  this  city,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
said  owner  or  his  clerk  or  agent  to  continue  to  sell  or  expose  for 


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sale,  or  receive  any  further  supply  of  meat  from  the  slaughter  or 
packing  house  mentioned  in  said  notice.  Upon  a  violation  of 
this  section  the  offender  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

472.  Penalty  for  Refusing  to  Permit  Inspection.]  §  4. 

Whenever  the  owner  of  any  such  slaughter  or  packing  house, 
within  the  limits  hereinbefore  mentioned,  shall  refuse  to  permit 
his  said  premises  to  be  inspected  by  said  committee,  as  herein 
provided,  then  said  committee  shall  prohibit  the  sale  of  meat  from 
said  premises  in  this  city  by  a  notice  to  that  effect  to  all  persons 
handling  or  selling  the  same,  and  a  violation  of  said  notice  shall 
subject  the  offender  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense:  Provided ,  if  the  owner  of 
any  such  slaughter  or  packing  house,  or  premises  which  have 
been  condemned  by  said  committee  as  unsanitary  shall  clean  up 
the  same  and  place  them  in  a  wholesome  sanitary  condition,  the 
said  committee  shall  revisit  and  reinspect  said  premises,  and  if 
the  same  are  found  in  a  sanitary  condition  then  said  committee 
shall,  by  notice  to  all  parties  handling  the  meat  therefrom,  with¬ 
draw  the  prohibition  of  handling  said  meat  in  said  city. 


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CHAPTER  XL VI. 

473.  Obstructing  any  Street,  Alley  or  Public  Ground.] 

§  1.  That  no  person  shall  obstruct  any  street,  alley,  or  public 
grounds,  by  placing  therein  or  thereon  any  building  materials,  or 
any  article  or  things  whatever,  without  first  having  obtained 
written  permission  from  the  Street  Commissioner  of  the  city, 
under  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  day  or  part  of  day  such 
encumbrance  or  obstruction  shall  continue. 

474.  Removal  of  Articles  from  Streets,  Alleys  and  Side- 

walks.]  §  2.  The  Street  Commissioner  is  hereby  vested, 

under  the  supervision  of  the  Committee  011  Streets  and  Alleys, 

with  the  general  charge  of  the  streets  and  public  grounds  of  the 

city,  and  it  is  made  his  duty,  and  also  that  of  the  Mayor  and 

City  Marshal,  to  order  the  immediate  removal  of  any  article  or 
# 

thing  whatsoever  that  may  encumber  any  street,  alley  or  side¬ 
walk,  or  other  public  grounds,  and  if  such  article  or  thing  shall 
not  be  removed  within  an  hour  after  notice  to  the  owner  thereof 
to  remove  the  same,  or  if  the  owner  cannot  be  found  for  the 
purpose  of  such  notice,  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  to  some 
suitable  place  to  be  designated  by  the  Mayor;  and  the  owner  of 
any  article  so  removed  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  cost 
of  such  removal. 

475.  Permission  to  Obstruct  with  Building  Haterials.] 

§  3.  The  Street  Commisioner  shall  not  grant  permission  to 
place  or  keep  any  building  materials  in  any  part  of  the  streets  or 
alleys  of  the  city  for  a  longer  period  than  two  months,  and  such 
permission  shall  not  authorize  the  obstruction  of  more  than  one- 
half  of  the  carriage-way  and  one-half  of  the  sidewalk,  except  in 
cases  of  urgent  necessity  and  for  shorter  periods,  and  such 
permission  shall  be  deemed  void  as  to  any  person  who  shall 
extend  the  obstruction  beyond  the  limits  described  therein: 
Provided ,  the  gutter  shall  always  be  left  free  and  unobstructed, 
and  that  such  person  so  placing  such  material  shall  at  night 
keep  a  red  light  on  such  material. 


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476.  Wagons,  etc.,  not  Allowed  to  Remain  on  Streets  or 
Alleys  without  Horses  Attached.]  §  4.  No  wagon,  sled,  sleigh, 
carriage  or  vehicle  of  any  kind  or  description,  or  any  part  of  the 
same,  without  horses  or  other  beasts  of  burden  attached  thereto, 
shall  be  permitted  to  remain  or  stand  in  any  street  or  alley  of 
the  city  for  more  than  two  hours,  except  for  the  purpose  of  being 
repaired,  and  then  only  in  front  of  the  premises  so  repairing, 
under  a  penalty  of  five  dollars;  and  any  such  wagon,  sled, 
sleigh,  carriage  or  vehicle,  or  any  part  of  the  same,  may  be 
removed  by  the  City  Marshal,  as  provided  in  the  second  section 
of  this  ordinance. 

477.  Removal  of  Buildings  Without  Permission.]  §  5. 

No  person  shall  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  or  aid  or  assist 
in  removing,  any  building  into,  along  or  across  any  street,  alley 
or  public  ground  in  the  city,  without  first  obtaining  written  per¬ 
mission  from  the  Mayor,  and  conforming  to  such  restrictions  and 
conditions  as  he  may  prescribe,  under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  from  the  owner  of  the  building,  or  any 
person  aiding  in  its  removal,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  twenty- 
four  hours  the  same  shall  remain  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley  or 
public  ground. 

478.  Permission  Granted  by  Hayor.]  §  6.  Every  per¬ 
mission  granted  by  the  Mayor,  or  contemplated  in  the  preceding 
section,  shall  specify  the  time  to  be  occupied  in  such  removal, 
which  time  in  no  case  shall  be  longer  than  is  absolutely  required 
therefor,  but  such  time  may  be  extended  for  good  and  sufficient 
cause. 

479.  Penalty  for  Removing  Without  Permission.]  §  7. 

The  owner  of  any  building,  or  the  contractor  for  its  removal, 
either  or  both,  who  shall  suffer  the  same  to  remain  in  any  of  the 
streets  or  alleys,  or  upon  any  of  the  public  grounds  of  the  city, 
for  any  time  longer  than  that  specified  in  the  permission  of  the 
Mayor,  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars,  and  a  like  penalty 
for  every  twenty-four  hours  the  same  shall  be  continued. 

480.  Erection  of  any  Building  on  Streets,  Alleys  or  Other 
Public  Grounds.]  §  8.  No  person  shall  erect  or  place  any 
building,  in  whole  or  in  part,  upon  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk. 


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or  other  public  ground  within  the  city,  under  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and 
shall  be  liable  for  all  costs  that  may  be  incurred  in  removing  the 
same. 

481.  Removal  of  Obstruction  Placed  upon  Streets,  Alleys, 
Etc.]  §  9.  The  owner  of  any  building,  fence  or  other  obstruc¬ 
tion  now  standing,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  erected  or  placed 
upon  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk  or  other  public  ground  within 
the  city,  shall  remove  the  same  within  thirty  days  after  he  shall 
be  required  so  to  do  by  a  notice  in  writing,  signed  by  the  Mayor, 
under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  one  hundred  dollars 
additional  for  every  thirty  days  the  same  shall  remain. 

482.  Neglect  or  Refusal  to  Remove  Obstructions  of 
Streets,  Alleys,  Etc.]  §  10.  Whenever  the  owner  of  any 
building,  fence  or  other  obstruction  upon  any  street,  alley,  side¬ 
walk  or  public  ground  in  this  city,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
remove  the  same  after  notice,  as  provided  in  the  preceding 
section,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance,  and  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  the  Mayor  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed,  or  taken 
down,  in  his  discretion,  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  recovered 
of  the  owner,  in  an  action  of  assumpsit,  and  every  person  who 
shall  oppose  or  shall  resist  the  execution  of  the  orders  of  the 
Mayor  in  the  premises  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars. 

483.  Obstruction  of  Streets  by  Teams.]  §  n.  When¬ 
ever,  from  any  cause,  any  street  or  alley  of  the  city  or  the 
entrance  to  or  driveway  in  front  of  any  store  or  private  property 
shall  be  obstructed  by  a  press  of  teams  attached  to  vehicles, 
loaded  or  otherwise,  the  Mayor,  or  any  Alderman,  City  Marshal, 
Policeman  or  Street  Commissioner,  may  give  such  directions  in 
regard  to  the  removal  of  such  teams  and  vehicles  as  in  the 
opinion  of  such  officer  may  be  required  by  the  public  conven¬ 
ience,  and  any  person  or  persons  refusing  or  neglecting  to  obey 
such  directions  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  and  may  be  arrested  forth¬ 
with  to  answer  for  such  refusal  or  neglect. 

484.  Throwing  or  Depositing  of  Dirt,  Filth,  Etc.]  §  12. 
No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit  any  straw,  dirt,  filth,  chips, 


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shells  or  other  rubbish  in  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the 
city,  under  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  like 
penalty  for  every  hour  the  same  shall  be  suffered  to  remain,  after 
notice  to  remove  the  same,  to  be  given  by  the  Mayor,  City 
Marshal,  Street  Commissioner,  or  an  Alderman  of  the  ward. 

485.  Removal  of  Earth  from  Streets,  Alleys  or  Public 
Grounds.]  §  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  dig,  plow,  ditch,  or  otherwise  disturb  the  surface,  or  remove 
any  earth  from  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground  within  the 
city,  for  private  use,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  except  under  the 
direction  of  the  Street  Commissioner  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty,  without  first  having  obtained  a  written  permission  of  the 
Street  Commissioner,  which  permission  shall  distinctly  state  the 
amount  of  earth  that  may  be  so  appropriated,  and  the  place  from 
which  it  is  to  be  taken.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and 
it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner  and  City  Marshal 
to  cause  every  person  so  offending  to  be  brought  before  the 
Police  Magistrate  of  the  city  to  answer  for  the  same. 

486.  Grading  or  Repairing  of  any  Street  or  Alley.]  §  14. 

When  it  shall  be  necessay,  in  grading  or  repairing  any  street  or 
alley  within  the  city,  to  remove  the  earth  from  any  street  or  allej^ 
for  that  purpose,  and  it  can  be  done  without  injury  to  the  prop¬ 
erty  adjoining,  the  Street  Commissioner,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  is  hereby  authorized  to 
cause  such  earth  to  be  removed  to  such  place  as  he  may  deem 
for  the  interest  for  the  city. 

487.  Obstructing  Street  Commissioner  in  Discharge  of 
Duty.]  §  15.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  obstruct  or 
aid  and  abet  any  person  or  persons  in  obstructing  the  Street 
Commissioner  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  as  is  prescribed  in 
the  foregoing  section,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

488.  Reserve  Space  for  Sidewalks.]  §  16,  There  shall 
be  reserved  a  space  of  twelve  feet  from  the  street  line  of  every 
lot  in  the  city  for  sidewalk  purposes,  which  shall  be  kept 


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free  from  all  obstructions:  Provided ,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
owner  of  any  real  estate  to  plant  shade  or  ornamental  trees, 
awning  posts  and  hitching  posts,  on  a  line  ten  feet  from  the 
street  line  of  the  same. 

4S9.  Horse  or  Horses  left  on  Streets,  Attached  to 
Wagons,  etc.]  §  17.  No  person  .shall  suffer  any  horse  or 
horses,  mule  or  mules,  attached  to  any  wagon,  buggy,  carriage, 
or  other  vehicle  or  otherwise,  to  stand  within  any  street  or  alley 
within  the  city,  without  first  being  detached  from  the  vehicle  and 
securely  hitched  or  fastened,  nor  shall  any  person  fasten  any 
horse  or  horses,  mule  or  mules,  in  such  a  way  that  the  team, 
vehicle,  reins  or  lines  shall  be  an  obstacle  to  the  free  use  of  the 
sidewalk,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  person  in  whose  pos¬ 
session  such  horse  or  horses,  mule  or  mules  shall  then  be,  shall  be 
deemed  the  offender,  unless  he  can  prove  to  the  contrary  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  magistrate  before  whom  prosecuted. 

490.  Digging  Down  any  Street,  Building,  Sewer,  etc.] 
§18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  or  persons,  or 
corporation,  engaged  in  digging  down  any  street,  paving  any 
street,  building  any  sewer,  drain  or  trench,  in  any  public  street 
or  alley  where  such  work,  if  left  exposed,  would  be  dangerous  to 
passengers,  to  erect  a  fence  or  railing  at  such  excavation  or  work 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  danger  to  passengers  who  may  be 
traveling  such  streets  or  alleys,  and  to  continue  and  uphold  said 
railing  or  fence  until  the  work  shall  be  completed;  and  it  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  such  person  or  persons,  or  corporation,  to 
place  upon  said  railing  or  fence  at  twilight  in  the  .evening  suitable 
and  sufficient  lights,  and  keep  them  burning  through  the  night 
during  the  performance  of  said  work,  under  the  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

491.  Duties  of  Officers  in  Cases  of  Obstruction.]  §  19. 
It  shall  be  che  duty  of  the  Mayor,  City  Marshal  or  Street  Com¬ 
missioner  to  cause  any  obstruction  erected,  placed  or  continued, 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  removed 
within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to  that  effect  by  either  of 
the  officers  aforesaid  has  been  served  upon  the  party  or  parties 
erecting,  placing  or  continuing  such  obstruction;  and  the  owner, 


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agent,  or  party  causing  such  obstruction  or  violation  shall  pay 
all  expenses  and  costs  of  such  removal,  in  addition  to  the  penal¬ 
ties  aforesaid. 

492.  Who  Liable  for  Street  Labor.]  §  20.  Every  male 

inhabitant  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  over  the  age  of  twenty-one 

years  and  under  fifty,  (except  such  as  are  exempt  by  law)  is 

hereby  required  to  labor  two  days  in  each  year  upon  the  streets 

and  alleys  of  the  city  at  such  time  and  place  and  in  such  manner 

as  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  direct.  But  it  shall  be  optional 

with  all  persons  liable  for  street  labor  to  perform  two  days  labor 

on  the  streets  or  pay  in  lieu  thereof  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and 

fifty  cents:  Provided ,  that  such  payment  shall  be  made  on  or 

before  the  first  of  said  two  days,  on  which  he  shall  be  notified  by 

the  Street  Commissioner  to  labor,  and  in  default  of  paying  or 

performing  such  two  days'  labor,  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  liable 

to  a  fine  of  five  dollars  and  costs,  to  be  collected  in  the  manner 

* 

hereinafter  provided. 

493.  Notice  to  Labor.]  *  §  21.  The  Street  Commissioner 
shall  deliver  or  leave  at  the  residence  or  ordinary  place  of 
business  of  every  person  so  liable  for  street  labor,  a  written  or 
printed  notice,  which  may  be  in  the  following  form,  to-wit: 

“Mr.. . .  ,  you  are  hereby  notified  and  requested  to  appear  at. ...  at 

7  o'clock  a.  m.  on  the  ....  day  of  ....  18. . ,  with _ (here  insert  tool)  for 

the  purpose  of  laboring  on  the  streets  and  alleys  of  the  city,  as  you  will 
then  and  there  be  directed  by  me.  In  case  you  fail  to  so  appear  and 
labor,  you  are  hereby  required,  on  or  before  the  first  day  above 
mentioned,  to  call  upon  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  city  and  pay  him  the 
sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents." 

And  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  report  in  each  month  the 
names  of  all  persons  so  notified  during  the  preceding  month. 

494.  Shall  Receipt  for  Labor.]  §  22.  The  Street  Com¬ 
missioner  shall  issue  his  receipts  to  all  persons  who  shall  faithfully 
labor  on  the  streets  and  alleys  under  his  directions,  two  days;  but 
no  Street  Commissioner  shall  receive  any  money  or  other  property 
himself,  in  commutation  for  labor,  but  shall  direct  all  persons 
liable  to  pay  the  same  to  the  City  Treasurer. 


SUITS  TO  COLLECT  FINES. 


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495.  Preparing  Lists  of  Delinquents  and  Publishing 
Same.]  §  23.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner, 
as  soon  as  practicable,  to  prepare  two  lists  of  all  delinquent 
persons  notified  to  appear  and  labor  on  the  streets,  who  have 
failed  to  comply  therewith,  or  commute  the  same  in  cash  with 
the  City  Treasurer;  one  of  which  lists  he  shall  deliver  to  the  City 
Treasurer,  who  shall  thereafter  require  the  payment  of  one  dollar 
and  fifty  cents  from  each  delinquent,  and  the  other  list  the  Street 
Commissioner  shall  publish  by  posting  on  the  front  of  the  City 
Hall,  for  a  period  of  one  week,  with  the  following  notice  as  a 
heading  thereto: 

STREET  TAX — NOTICE  TO  DELINQUENTS. 

“Notice  is  hereby  given  that  suit  will  be  commenced  against  the 
persons  hereinafter  named  for  the  penalty  of  live  dollars  and  cost  of 
suit,  unless  they  shall  pay  to  the  City  Treasurer  of  this  city  the  sum  of 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents,  in  lieu  of  two  day’s  labor  on  the  streets  of 
this  city,  on  or  before  the .  day  of . 18. 

Which  notice  shall  be  signed  by  the  Street  Commissioner, 
and  whoever,  liable  for  such  street'tax,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
pay  to  the  said  Treasurer  the  said  sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents, 
within  the  time  mentioned  in  said  notice,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine 
of  five  dollars. 

496.  Suit  to  Collect  Fins.]  $  24.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Street  Commissioner,  or  City  Marshal,  within  thirty  days 
after  the  expiration  of  the  date  mentioned  in  such  notice,  to  file 
complaint  in  writing  before  the  Police  Magistrate  or  a  Justice  of 
the  Peace  in  said  city,  against  each  and  every  person  who  has 
neglected  to  pay  his  said  street  tax  pursuant  to  such  notice, 
which  complaint  shall  be  sworn  to,  and  thereupon  the  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice  shall  issue  a  warrant,  and  said  cause  shall 
proceed  as  all  other  cases  for  the  recovery  of  a  fine  under  the 
ordinances  of  this  city. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 


CHAPTER  XL VI I. 

STREET  RAILWAYS. 

497.  Passengers  Ejected  for  Refusal  to  Pay  Fare.]  §  i_ 

That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride  or  attempt  to  ride 
upon  any  street  car  within  this  city,  without  having  paid  the 
requisite  fare  for  his  passage  thereon,  and  whoever  shall  ride  or 
attempt  to  ride  upon  any  such  street  car  within  the  limits  of  this 
city  without  paying  his  regular  fare  therefor  shall  be  subject  to 
be  ejected  therefrom  by  the  conductor,  driver  or  other  officers  of 
such  street  car  company,  using  such  reasonable  force  as  is 
necessary  therefor;  and  whoever  so  riding  or  attempting  to  ride, 
without  paying  his  regular  fare,  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  leave 
said  car  when  requested,  so  that  physical  force  is  necessary  to 
eject  him  therefrom,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

498.  Persons  Stealing  Rides,  etc.]  §  2.  That  whoever 
shall,  for  the  purpose  of  riding  upon  any  street  car  in  said  city 
without  paying  his  regular  fare,  jump  on  or  off  of  said  car  while 
in  motion,  and  whoever  shall  become  boisterous,  disorderly, 
or  use  loud,  vulgar  or  profane  language,  or  be  in  a  state  of 
intoxication  upon  any  street  car  in  this  city,  shall  be  subject  to 
ejectment  therefrom,  and  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

499.  Injuring  Property  of  Street  Railway.]  §  3.  Who¬ 
ever  shall  cut,  mar,  injure  or  destroy  any  street  car,  or  interfere 
with  the  switches  or  tracks  of  any  street  railway,  or  shall  hinder 
or  delay  the  operation  of  any  cars  thereon,  or  molest  any  street 
car  driver  or  conductor  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars. 


DUTIES  OF  COMMITTEES. 


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CHAPTER  XL VIII. 

WATER  WORKS,  RULES  AND  RATES. 

500.  Water  Works  Department.]  §  1.  That  there  is 
hereby  established  a  department  of  the  municipal  government  of 
the  City  of  Centralia,  to  be  known  as  the  Water  Works  Depart¬ 
ment,  which  shall  be  under  the  control  and  management  of  a 
committee  composed  of  the  Mayor  and  three  Aldermen,  no  two 
of  whom  shall  be  from  the  same  ward,  to  be  appointed  as  other 
committees  of  the  City  Council,  which  committee  shall  take 
cognizance  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  water  works  of  said 
city. 

501.  Water  Committee  to  fleet.]  §  2.  Said  Water 
Committee  shall  meet  regularly  at  the  city  hall  on  the  first 
Monday  evening  in  each  month,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Water  Works  and  the  City  Clerk  to  attend 
such  meetings.  The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  'such  meetings  in  a  book  to  be 
styled  “Journal  of  Water  Department,  ”  and  do  and  perform  such 
other  acts  as  the  said  committee  shall  require,  and  report  the 
proceedings  to  the  City  Council,  at  the  next  ensuing  meeting 
thereof.  Special  meetings  of  the  committee  may  be  held  as 
often  as  is  necessary,  at  the  call  of  any  two  members  thereof, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  to  serve  the  notice  of 
said  call  on  the  other  members. 

502.  Duties  of  Committee.]  §  3.  Said  committee  shall 
report  to  the  City  Council,  Ifrom  time  to  time,  the  condition  of  the 
water  works  system  of  said  city,  and  make  such  recommenda¬ 
tions  as  they  deem  advisable  for  the  improvement  and  betterment 
of  the  same.  They  shall  see  that  all  contracts  with  the  city 
relative  to  their  department  are  faithfully  executed,  and  that 
none  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  Water  Department  is 
permitted  to  waste  or  be  destroyed.  They  shall  have  no  power 
to  incur  indebtedness  upon  the  city,  without  the  express  order  of 
the  City  Council  first  had  therefor:  Provided ,  however ,  in  cases 
of  emergency  the  committee  may  incur  such  expense  as  is 


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necessary  to  preserve  the  property  of  the  city  under  their 
control,  submitting  their  acts  to  the  City  Council  for  its 
approval  at  the  next  regular  meeting  thereof. 

503.  Superintendent  to  be  Collector  of  Rates.]  §  4.  The 

Superintendent  of  Water  Works  shall  be  ex-officio  collector  of 
water  rates,  and  shall  keep  a  full  set  of  books  in  such  manner  as 
the  Water  Committee  shall  prescribe,  showing  all  moneys 
received  from  water  consumers  or  other  sources  connected  with 
the  operation  of  the  system,  the  names  of  all  customers,  the 
premises  where  the  water  is  used,  the  number  and  location  of 
taps,  faucets,  hydrants,  etc.,  dates  of  commencement,  etc.,  and 
all  other  matters  and  things  relative  thereto. 

504.  Superintendent  to  Pay  Treasurer.]  §  5.  The 

Superintendent  shall,  on  the  last  day  of  each  and  every  month, 
pay  over  to  the  City  Treasurer  all  moneys  collected  by  him  by 
virtue  of  his  office,  and  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk 
the  Treasurer’s  duplicate  receipt  therefor,  together  with  a  full 
report  of  all  his  official  transactions  for  the  preceding  month, 
the  names  of  all  new  consumers,  and  a  list  of  delinquent 
consumers  of  the  city  water,  which  report  shall  be  read  at  the 
next  meeting  of  the  City  Council. 

505.  Prepare  Hap.]  §  6.  The  Water  Committee  shall 
prepare  a  full  and  complete  map  of  the  system,  showing  the 
location  of  all  distributing  mains,  taps,  stop  cocks,  hydrants, 
gates,  valves,  shut  offs  and  plugs  and  taps  of  private  consumers, 
and,  from  time  to  time,  as  said  system  is  extended  or  increased, 
note  said  addition  thereon. 

506.  Superintendent  to  Tap  Hains.]  §  7.  All  mains 
and  distributing  pipes  of  the  system  of  water  works  shall  be 
tapped  by  the  Superintendent,  or  under  his  immediate  direction 
and  supervision,  and  to  that  end  he  shall  have  charge  and  control 
of  the  city  tapping  machinery,  and  shall  la}7  the  service  pipes  to 
the  lot  line  of  the  consumer,  and  erect  a  stop  and  wast  cock  near 
the  sidewalk,  between  the  lot  line  and  main;  all  work  to  be 
done  and  material  used  to  be  in  the  manner  and  of  the  kinds 
prescribed  in  the  chapter  or  these  ordinances  regulating  plumbers 
and  plumbing. 


APPLICATIONS  TAKEN  UP  IN  ORDER  FILED. 


235 


507.  Fixing  Rates  for  Tapping.]  §  8.  The  Water  Com¬ 
mittee  shall,  annually,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  or  as  soon  there¬ 
after  as  practicable,  ascertain  the  probable  cost  for  labor  and 
materials  of  tapping  mains,  laying  service  pipe  to  the  lot  line 
and  erecting  suitable  stop  cocks,  and  report  the  same  to  the  City 
Council,  which  body  shall  thereupon  fix  and  establish  the  rate 
for  tapping  the  mains,  laying  service  pipe  and  erecting  stop 
cocks  for  the  ensuing  year,  which  shall  be  the  price  charged: 
Provided ,  where  the  service  pipe  is  carried  a  greater  distance 
than  the  front  line  of  lots  abutting  upon  the  streets  in  which  the 
mains  are  laid,  extra  charge  shall  be  made  for  the  same,  to  cover 
the  additional  costs  thereof. 

508.  Application  for  Tapping.]  §  9.  All  parties  desiring 
to  have  city  mains  tapped  and  use  water  upon  their  premises, 
shall  file  a  written  application  with  the  Superintendent,  upon  a 
blank  to  be  furnished  by  him,  setting  forth  fully  and  truthfully 
all  purposes  for  which  water  is  to  be  used,  and  if  a  dwelling  house 
the  number  of  rooms  therein;  and  when  making  payments  for 
the  semi-annual  charges  for  city  water,  parties  must  frankly  and 
without  concealment  answer  all  questions  put  to  them  relative 
to  their  use  of  city  water.  Parties  desiring  water  for  building, 
or  other  temporary  uses,  shall  make  application  to  the  Superin¬ 
tendent  in  writing,  and  at  the  time  of  application,  such  party 
shall  pay  to  the  Superintendent  the  price  fixed  by  the  City 
Council  for  tapping  the  main  and  laying  the  service  pipe. 

509.  Applications  Taken  up  in  Order  Filed.]  §  10.  The 

Superintendent  shall  date  all  applications  in  the  order  they  are 
filed  with  him,  and  shall  tap  the  main,  lay  the  service  pipe,  and 
erect  the  stop  cock  for  all  applicants  who  have  complied  with  this 
ordinance  and  paid  the  fee  for  tapping,  in  the  order  of  time  their 
applications  are  filed;  and  he  shall  endorse  on  the  back  of  each 
application  the  time  and  manner  of  making  the  tap,  together 
with  the  return  of  the  permit  granted  applicant  for  plumbing, 
and  present  the  same  to  the  Water  Committee  at  their  next 
meeting,  and  shall  also  enter  in  his  record  the  date  of  the  appli¬ 
cation,  the  contents  thereof,  and  the  time  and  manner  of  the 
filing  the  same,  and  the  date  when  the  city  water  is  turned  on. 


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510.  Shall  Shut  Off  Water.]  §  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Superintendent  to  shut  off  the  water  from  any  premises, 
when  ordered  so  to  do  by  the  City  Council  or  Committee,  or 
when  the  consumer  has  violated  the  rules  or  ordinances  relative 
to  the  use  of  city  water;  and  such  consumer,  whose  water  has 
thus  been  shut  off,  shall  pay  a  fee  of  one  dollar,  in  addition  to 
the  regular  charge  for  water  rental,  before  the  Superintendent  shall 
again  turn  the  water  on  his  premises;  and  no  property  owner,  or 
other  person  except  said  Superintendent,  shall  turn  the  water  on 
such  premises  when  it  is  thus  shut  off  by  the  Superintendent. 

51 1.  Committee  shall  Recommend  the  Employment  of 
Help.]  §  12.  The  Committee  shall,  from  time  to  time,  recom¬ 
mend  to  the  City  Council  the  hiring  of  such  engineers  and  other 
employes,  as  in  their  judgment  is  necessary  for  the  efficient  work¬ 
ing  of  the  system,  and  the  City  Council  shall  determine 
the  number  of  such  employes  and  the  salary  to  be  paid  the  same, 
and  shall  contract  for  all  skilled  employes  who  wall  hold  perma¬ 
nent  positions,  but  may  authorize  the  Superintendent,  or  the 
Committee,  to  employ  laborers  or  temporary  employes,  in  such 
numbers  and  at  such  wages  as  the  City  Council  shall  fix  and 
determine. 

512.  Rules  Governing  Use  of  City  Water.]  §  13.  That 
the  following  rules  and  restrictions  for  the  government  of  the 
system  of  Water  Works  and  the  consumers  of  city  water  in  this 
city  are  hereby  adopted  and  established: 

First — not  to  supply  other  partie:s* — No  owner  or 
occupant  of  any  building  where  water  is  introduced  will  be 
allowed  to  supply  other  persons  or  families  with  water,  and  if 
found  so  doing  the  supply  will  be  stopped  and  the  water  rates 
paid  will  be  forfeited. 

Second — owner  responsible  for  rates. — In  all  cases 
where  more  than  one  family  or  consumer  other  than  the  said  family 
are  supplied  from  a  pipe  or  pipes  governed  by  one  stop,  the  owner 
or  lessee  of  the  building  or  the  party  introducing  the  water  must 
become  responsible  for  the  payment  of  all  bills  and  the  keeping 
in  repair  of  all  hydrants,  stop  cocks,  etc.,  otherwise  the  water 
shall  be  shut  off  from  said  building  until  such  responsibility  is 
assumed. 


PUBLIC  HYDRANTS. 


237 


Third — access  to  premises  for  inspection. — All  officers 
and  employes  of  the  Committee  on  Water  and  all  persons  dele¬ 
gated  by  them  for  that  purpose  shall  have  free  access  at  proper 
hours  of  the  day  to  all  parts  of  the  building  or  premises  where 
water  is  used,  to  make  the  necessary  examination  of  the  pipes,  etc. 

Fourth — supply  pipes  and  fixtures  to  be  kept  in 
repair  by  owner. — Hydrants,  plugs,  stop  boxes,  service  pipes, 
stop  cocks,  and  all  attachments  and  fixtures  connected  therewith 
shall  be  kept  in  good  repair  and  condition  by  the  owner  or  occu¬ 
pant  of  the  premises  upon  which  they  are  situated  at  their  own 
expense,  and  it  is  expressly  provided  that  no  claim  shall  be  made 
or  allowed  against  the  city  or  any  of  its  officers  or  employes  on 
account  of  the  breaking  of  said  water  apparatus  or  on  account  of 
the  stoppage  of  the  supply  of  water,  by  reason  of  accident  to  the 
pumping  machinery  or  mains,  or  for  the  necessary  alterations  or 
repairs  of  the  same,  or  other  cause  not  under  the  city’s  control. 

Fifth — alteration  or  additions  to  pipes. — No  addition 
to,  or  alteration  whatever  of,  any  tap,  pipe,  water  cock,  or  other 
fixture  shall  be  made,  or  caused  to  be  made  by  an}7  person 
taking  water,  except  through  a  duly  licensed  plumber,  and  a 
permit  first  obtained  from  the  City  Clerk,  as  provided  in  section 
five. 

Sixth — location  of  hydrants,  regulations. — Private 
hydrants  shall  not  be  located  so  as  to  be  exposed  to  use  by  non¬ 
paying  customers,  and  no  hydrant  shall  be  located  on  the  side¬ 
walk  or  front  area,  nor  shall  they  be  allowed  to  run  when  not  in 
actual  use  by  the  owner  or  occupant.  Taps  at  wash  basins, 
water  closets,  baths  and  urinals  must  be  kept  closed  when  not  in 
actual  use. 

Seventh — public  hydrants,  interference  with. — No 
person,  other  than  members  of  the  Fire  Department  or  those 
specially  authorized  by  the  Water  Committee  or  Superintendent, 
shall  open  any  hydrant  or  turn  any  public  stop  cock  or  draw  any 
water  from  the  same,  or  from  any  public  fountain  to  carry  away 
therefrom;  nor  shall  any  member  of  the  Fire  Department  suffer 
or  permit  any  wrench  to  a  public  hydrant  to  be  taken  from  the 
hose  house  or  other  proper  place  of  custody,  except  as  they 
accompany  hose  carts  on  occasions  of  fires,  or  for  other  purposes 
connected  with  the  Fire  Department. 


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238  GENERAL  ORDINANCES  OF  CITY. 

Eighth — obstruction  of  hydrants  prohibited. — No 
person  shall  in  any  manner  obstruct  the  access  to  any  stop  cock 
connected  with  any  water  pipe,  within  any  street,  alley  or  public 
place  in  said  city,  by  means  of  any  lumber,  brick,  building 
material,  or  other  article,  thing  or  hindrance  whatever. 

Ninth — sprinkling,  hours  and  manner,  regulation. — 
Consumers  shall  be  permitted  to  use  city  water  for  sprinkling 
streets,  sidewalks,  lawns  and  gardens  between  the  hours  of  5  to 
8  A.  m.  and  5  to  9  p.  m.,  and  none  other.  Each  consumer  shall 
confine  himself  to  the  front  of  his  premises,  and  one-half  of  the 
width  of  the  street  in  front  thereof,  unless  special  contract  is 
made  for  the  use  of  more  water.  Hose  larger  than  three-fourths 
of  an  inch  with  one-fourth  inch  nozzle  will  not  be  permitted  for 
sprinkling  except  by  a  special  contract;  sprinkling  without  a 
nozzle,  or  in  such  an  excessive  extent  as  to  waste  the  water  or 
form  pools  or  puddles  in  the  street  or  converting  street  sprinklers 
into  jets,  or  their  use  for  any  other  purpose  than  sprinkling 
streets,  sidewalks,  lawns  and  gardens,  is  strictly  prohibited;  nor 
shall  water  be  drawn  from  such  taps,  sprinklers  or  hydrants  for 
family  use,  washing  carriages  or  watering  stock.  Sprinkling  is 
prohibited  except  between  April  1  and  November  1. 

Tenth — use  of  water  during  fires. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  sprinkle  or  eject  or  permit  to  run,  any  water 
from  public  or  private  hydrant,  washer  or  sprinkler,  within  said 
city,  while  any  building  is  on  fire,  except  for  the  purpose  of 
extinguishing  said  fire;  and  upon  the  sound  of  a  fire  alarm  all 
persons  shall  shut  off  such  use  of  the  city  water. 

Eleventh — upright  hydrants. — That  wherever  city 
water  is  introduced  into  a  dwelling  house  or  other  building  for 
any  purpose  whatever,  and  wherever  city  water  is  introduced  into 
a  yard  to  be  drawn  from  an  upright  hydrant  protruding  above 
the  ground,  the  party  introducing  the  water  into  said  dwelling, 
building  or  yard,  if  there  is  a  dwelling  situated  on  said  premises, 
shall  be  required  to  pay  in  addition  to  the  rate  for  the  purpose  for 
which  said  water  was  introduced,  the  regulation  rate  for  a 
dwelling  or  building  of  the  same  number  of  rooms  as  that  into 
which  said  water  was  introduced,  or  as  that  situated  upon  the 
premiseshaving  such  upright  hydrant  located  thereon:  Provided , 


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however ,  that  such  consumer,  having  paid  said  rate,  shall  have 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  using  said  water  in  said  dwelling 
or  other  building,  as  though  he  had  introduced  the  water  for 
that  purpose. 


Twelfth — penalties. — Any  person,  persons  or  corporation 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  rules,  restrictions  or  regulations  of 
the  preceding  sections  shall  have  their  supply  of  water  cut  off 
from  their  premises,  and  if  the  Superintendent  deems  it  advisable, 
the  tap  removed  from  the  main  connecting  it  therewith,  and  all 
money  paid  as  water  rates  shall  be  forfeited;  and  in  addition 
thereto  the  offender  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


5 

2 

2 


513.  Rates.]  §  14.  That  the  following  rates  shall  be  the 
amount  established  and  charged  for  water  furnished  by  the  city 
to  consumers,  per  annum,  to- wit: 

Bakeries,  average  daily  use  for  each  barrel  of  flour, 

Barber  shops,  first  chair, 

Barber  shops,  each  additional  chair,  ' 

Bathing  tubs,  private, 

Bathing  tubs,  in  public  bath  rooms,  first  tub, 

Bath  rooms,  each  additional  tub, 

Bathing  tubs,  in  hotels  or  boarding  houses,  for  guests  only, 
Billiard  or  pool  room,  each  table, 

Blacksmith  shop,  first  forge, 

Blacksmith  shop,  each  additional  forge, 

Building  purposes,  per  1,000  brick, 

Building  purposes,  per  100  yards  plastering, 

Butcher  shops, 

Dental  offices, 

Drug  stores, 

Dwelling  houses  of  five  rooms  or  less, 

Dwelling  houses,  each  additional  room, 

Churches, 

Cigar  factories,  $5  00  to 

Fountains,  jet  one-eighth  inch,  6  hours  per  day,  6  months 

in  year, 

Green  houses,  public,  including  plants  in  yard,  $7  00  to 


1  50 
5  00 
1  00 
1  5o 

7  5o 
00 
00 
00 
00 

50 
05 
25 

00 
00 
00 
3  00 

25 

3  50 

8  00 


5 

5 

5 


5  00 
10  00 


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Hotels,  for  each  room  thereof,  $  50 

lee  cream  saloons,  soda  fountains  included,  5  00 

Lawns,  gardens  and  street  sprinkling  to  center,  80  foot  lot,  3  00 

Corner  lots,  extra  1  00 

Lawns,  gardens  and  street  sprinkling,  lots  over  80  foot 
front,  each  additional  foot,  4c  extra. 

Laundries,  steam,  15  00 

Laundries,  where  more  than  one  rotary  washer  is  used, 

extra ,  5  00 

Office,  physicians,  3  00 

Offices,  attorneys,  justices,  etc.,  2  00 

Printing  offices,  no  power,  5  00 

Photograph  galleries,  5  00 

Restaurants,  7  50 

Stables,  livery,  for  each  stall  used  and  carnage  washing,  1  50 

Stables,  private,  one  horse  or  cow  and  carriage  washing,  1  50 

Stables,  for  each  additional  horse  or  cow,  1  00 

Saloons,  10  00 

Store  rooms,  25  feet  front  or  less,  window  and  pavement 

washing,  5  00 

Store  rooms,  each  additional  front  foot,  25 

Theaters,  lodges  and  halls,  8  00 

Urinals — hotels,  restaurants  and  saloons,  4  00 

Urinals — banks,  boarding  houses  and  stores,  2  00 

Water  closets  open  to  public,  per  seat,  5  00 

Same,  private,  per  seat,  2  00 

For  distilleries,  breweries,  machine  shops,  foundries,  gas 


works,  coal  mines,  flouring  mills,  soap  and  starch  factories,  soda 
factories,  locomotive  or  stationary  engines,  water  motors,  public 
sprinkling,  ice  plants,  and  all  other  purposes  not  herein  speci¬ 
fied,  the  rates  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Mayor  and  Water  Committee, 
or  by  meter  rates,  as  may  be  equitable  to  city  and  consumer. 

Meter  rates  for  first  1,000  gallons  per  day,  10c  per  M. 

Meter  rates,  for  each  additional  1,000  gallons,  7c  per  M. 

Private  consumers  shall  have  the  option  of  meter  rates, 
provided  no  meter  shall  be  maintained  unless  the  rental  amounts 
to  $3  per  annum. 

514.  rieter  Rates.]  §  15.  That  all  parties  who  desire  to 
purchase  water  by  meter  rates  shall  purchase  and  place  at  their 


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own  expense  a  suitable  meter,  of  the  kind  and  in  the  manner  the 
Superintendent  of  Water  Works  shall  direct,  the  same  to  be 
maintained  after  it  is  placed  by  the  city. 

515.  Time  of  Payment  Water  Rates.]  §  16.  That  all 
water  rates  upon  which  the  price  is  fixed  by  the  foregoing 
schedule,  shall  be  payable  semi-annually  in  advance  on  the  first 
days  of  April  and  November,  or  where  a  main  is  tapped  for  a 
new  consumer,  his  water  rental  shall  be  reckoned  from  the  date 
of  said  tapping  until  the  next  date  for  the  semi-annual  payment, 
and  paid  for  that  time.  Water  sold  by  meter  or  special  contract 
shall  be  paid  for  at  such  times  as  the  Mayor  and  the  Water 
Committee  shall  provide,  but  at  least  once  in  six  months  settle¬ 
ment  shall  be  had,  and  the  consumer  shall  pay  the  amount  of  the 
water  rent  so  ascertained  to  be  due. 

516.  City  Hay  Shut  off  Supply.]  §  17.  The  city  hereby 
reserves  the  right,  at  any  time,  when  in  its  judgment  the  supply  of 
water  is  likely  to  become  exhausted,  to  shut  off  the  supply  from 
all  private  consumers,  except  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Com¬ 
pany,  provided  that  no  rental  shall  be  estimated  or  charged 
against  said  consumers  while  said  water  supply  is  so  shut  off; 
and  provided  further  that  all  parties  contracting  with  the  city  for 
water  shall  take  it  subject  to  the  foregoing  provisions,  and  no 
right  of  action,  or  claim  for  damage  shall  accrue  or  grow  out  of 
the  exercise  by  said  city  of  such  option,  and  the  shutting  off  of 
the  supply  of  water  thereunder. 

517.  City  Does  Not  Guarantee  Water.]  §  18.  The  city 
does  not  guarantee  the  quality  nor  quantity  of  water,  and  re¬ 
serves  the  right  to  place  a  meter  upon  the  tap  of  any  consumer 
when  it  sees  fit  so  to  do;  also  the  right  to  use  any  service  cocks, 
or  valves,  or  private  taps,  or  hydrants,  when  necessary  so  to  do. 

518.  Special  Tax.]  §  19.  All  water  rates,  benefits  and 
rents,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  a  special  tax  upon  the  lots,  parts 
of  lots,  blocks  and  tracts  of  land  upon  which  the  water  is  con¬ 
sumed,  and  from  and  after  the  same  become  due  and  payable,  are 
hereby  declared  to  be  a  lien  upon  such  lot,  part  of  lot,  block  or 
tract  of  land;  said  lien  to  be  enforced  in  such  manner  as  the  City 
Council  may  by  ordinance  provide. 


SPECIAL  ORDINANCES 

—OF  THE— 

CITY  OF  CENTRALIA. 


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CHAPTER  XLIX. 


Centralia  &  Central  City  Street  Ry.  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  63. 

An  Ordinance  authorizing  the  Centralia  and  Central 
City  Railway  Company,  Its  Successors  and  Assigns,  to 
Construct,  Maintain  and  Operate  a  Street  Railway 
Within  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 
III.,  and  Granting  to  Said  Company  the  Right,  Priv¬ 
ilege,  Authority,  to  Lay  Down  Tracks  and  Erect 
and  Maintain  the  Necessary  Appurtenances  for  the 
Successful  Operation  of  said  Street  Railway  Upon 
and  Along  Certain  Streets,  Avenues  and  Alleys  in 
said  City. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia^ 
Illinois: 

519.]  §  1.  That  S.  N.  Pierce,  G.  P.  Duncan,  T.  F.  Meagher 

and  such  other  persons  as  may  hereafter  become  associated  with 
them,  to  be  known  as  the  Centralia  and  Central  City  Railway  Co., 
and  their  executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  granted  the  exclusive  right,  privilege  and  authority, 
subject  to  the  restrictions  and  provisions  hereinafter  set  forth,  to 


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construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street  railway  upon  and  along 
the  following  named  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  said  city, 
to-wit:  Broadway  street  and  its  extension,  Locust  street  and  its 
extension,  Washington  avenue  and  it  extension,  Poplar  street  and 
its  extension,  Elm  street  and  its  extension,  Washington  street 
and  its  extension,  Vine  street  to  Monroe  street,  and  Monroe 
street  to  the  Centralia  Cemetery. 

520. ]  §  2.  That  all  rights,  privileges  and  authority  granted 

by  virtue  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  continue  for  a 
period  of  twenty  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  the  publication 
of  this  ordinance  when  duly  passed. 

521. ]  §  3.  That  said  company  shall  commence  the  con¬ 

struction  of  said  street  railway  within  six  months  of  the  date 
when  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect;  and  if  at  the  expiration  of  two 
years  from  said  date  there  be  any  street  or  avenue  or  part  thereof 
herein  named  upon  which  said  company  shall  have  failed  to 
construct  its  said  street  railway  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  capable 
of  operation,  then  all  of  said  rights,  privileges  and  authority 
herein  granted  shall  cease  and  be  forfeited  as  to  said  street  or 
avenue,  or  that  part  or  portion  of  said  street  or  avenue  upon 
which  it  has  so  failed  to  construct  said  street  railway:  Provided , 
however ,  that  where  said  company  has  been  delayed  by  an 
injunction  of  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  from  proceeding 
to  construct  its  said  railway  upon  any  street,  avenue,  or  part 
thereof,  then  as  to  the  territory  included  in  such  injunction  or 
order,  the  time  occasioned  by  said  delay  shall  not  be  counted  as 
a  part  of  said  two  years. 

522. ]  §  4.  The  cars  of  said  street  railway  shall  be  pro¬ 
pelled  by  animal,  electric  power,  or  both,  and  nothing  in  this 
ordinance  shall  be  construed  to  permit  said  company,  its  suc¬ 
cessors  or  assigns,  or  any  other  corporation,  person  or  persons  to 
propel  cars  on  said  street  railway  so  to  be  constructed  by  steam 
power,  and  the  same  is  hereby  prohibited. 

523. ]  §  5.  The  track  of  said  company  shall  be  of  the 

standard  guage  of  street  railway  tracks,  and  may  be  constructed 
along  said  streets  and  avenues  with  single  or  double  track,  and 


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all  necessary  siding,  side  tracks  and  appurtenances  in  such  manner 
as  not  unnecessarily  to  obstruct  or  interfere  with  the  public  use 
of  the  same. 

524. ]  §  6.  Said  track  or  tracks  shall  be  laid  with  the 

center  in  line  upon  the  center  line  of  the  street  or  avenue  over 
which  it  passes,  and  so  constructed  that  the  top  of  the  rails  shall 
be  upon  a  level  with  the  established  grade  of  said  street  or  avenue; 
and  said  company  shall  fill  in  to  the  level  of  the  established  grade 
between  the  rails  of  its  said  track  and  for  two  feet  outside  of 
both  rails  with  cinders,  sand,  earth,  gravel,  or  other  suitable 
material,  so  that  no  part  of  the  same  shall  protrude  above  the 
surface;  and  where  said  track  shall  be  laid  upon  streets  or  avenues 
which  are  paved  or  macadamized  then  said  company  shall  in  a 
like  manner  pave  or  macadamize  between  said  rails  and  for  a 
distance  of  two  feet  on  the  outside  of  both  rails  along  and  upon 
said  streets  and  avenues;  and  said  company,  its  successors  and 
assigns,  shall  keep  and  maintain  that  portion  of  the  street  or 
avenue  between  the  rails  of  its  track  so  to  be  constructed  and 
for  a  distance  of  two  feet  on  the  outside  of  both  rails  in  constant 
good  repair,  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  at  its  own  .  expense,  so 
that  public  travel  may  pass  over  and  along  the  same  easy  and 
commodiously;  and  at  all  crossings  of  streets,  avenues  and  alleys 
not  paved  or  macadamized  said  company  shall  pave,  macadamize 
or  plank  its  said  track  so  that  teams  and  vehicles  may  readily 
cross  and  recross  the  same. 

525. ]  §  7.  The  said  company,  in  laying  its  tracks,  shall, 
without  delay,  repair  all  streets,  avenues  or  parts  of  the  same 
interfered  with  by  the  construction  of  their  street  railway,  in  the 
manner  as  prescribed  in  the  preceding  section;  and  the  City 
Council  shall  have  the  right  to  make  improvements  and  repairs 
on  all  of  said  streets,  avenues  or  alleys  the  same  as  though  no 
rights  and  privileges  had  been  granted  to  said  company,  and  to 
make  all  necessary  police  regulations  concerning  the  management 
and  operation  of  said  railway,  all  of  which  rights  are  hereby 
reserved. 

526. ]  $  8.  Said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall 

be  permitted  to  charge  each  person  riding  on  its  cars,  between 


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any,  points  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  such  sum  for 
each  passage  as  the  company  may  determine,  not  to  exceed  ten 
cents  for  each  trip. 

527. ]  §  9.  The  said  company  shall  have  thirty  days  to 

accept  the  rights,  privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted,  which 
acceptance  shall  be  in  writing  and  entered  in  full  on  the  records 
of  the  said  Council. 

528. ]  §  10.  No  car  shall  be  allowed  to  stop  on  any  cross 

walk  or  in  front  of  any  intercepting  street,  except  to  avoid 
collision  or  the  injury  of  persons.  All  proper  care  shall  be  used 
by  the  servants  of  said  corporation  to  avoid  injury  or  damage  to 
persons  or  property  along  and  upon  its  right  of  way,  and  after 
sunset  all  cars  shall  be  provided  with  suitable  signal  lights. 

529. ]  §  11.  The  cars  of  said  company,  its  successors  and 

assigns,  shall  at  all  times  be  entitled  to  the  tracks,  and  in  all  cases 
wherein  any  team,  vehicle  or  person  shall  meet  or  be  overtaken  by 
a  car  on  the  track  of  said  company,  such  team  or  person  or 
vehicle  shall  give  place  to  such  ,car.  Any  person  who  shall 
interfere  with  and  maliciously  obstruct  the  track  of  said  company, 
or,  after  being  signaled  by  the  driver  or  conductor  of  any  car,  by 
bell,  whistle,  or  otherwise,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  give  the 
right  of  way  of  .said  company’s  track  to  any  of  their  cars,  then 
the  person  so  obstructing  said  track  or  the  driver  of  such  vehicle 
so  neglecting  or  refusing  to  give  the  right  of  way  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars:  Provided ,  this  section  shall  not  interfere  with 
the  laying  of  hose  or  other  fire  apparatus. 

53°-]  §  12.  That  said  S.  N.  Pierce,  G.  P.  Duncan,  T.  F. 

Meagher,  and  such  other  persons  as  may  hereafter  become  associated 
with  them,  to  be  known  as  the  Centralia  and  Central  City  Rail¬ 
way  Company,  are  further  granted  the  right,  privilege  and 
authority  to  erect  the  necessary  poles  and  posts  and  hang  thereon 
the  necessary  wires  along  and  upon  or  lay  the  same  beneath  the 
surface  of  the  streets  and  avenues  herein  named,  and  erect  and 
maintain  the  necessary  plant  and  machinery  in  said  city  for  the 
purpose  of  furnishing  electric  power  for  the  operation  of 
its  street  railway:  Provided ,  said  poles  or  posts  or  said 


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249 


underground  wires  shall  be  erected  and  placed  under  the  super- 

0 

vison  and  approval  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys,  that 
all  parts  of  streets  or  avenues  interfered  with  in  the  erecting  of 
said  poles  or  posts  or  the  laying  of  the  said  wires  shall,  without 
delay,  be  replaced  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before  interfered 
with,  and  said  poles  and  posts  and  wires  shall  be  so  erected  and 
placed  as  not  to  interfere  with  any  electric  light  or  power  posts 
or  telephone  or  telegraph  poles  previously  erected,  or  gas  or 
water  pipes  then  laid. 

53I-]  §  13.  The  rights  and  privileges  and  authority  herein 

granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  said  company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  pay  compensation  for  all  private 
property  taken  or  damaged  in  the  construction  of  its  system  of 
street  car  tracks  and  appurtenances,  or  which  may  accrue  by  the 
operation  of  the  same,  and  by  the  acceptance  of  the  said  rights, 
privileges  and  authority  it  agrees  to  do  the  same. 

532.]  §  14.  The  said  company,  for  itself,  its  successors 

and  assigns,  by  its  acceptance  of  the  rights,  privileges  and 
authorities  herein  granted,  covenants  and  agrees  to  forever  in¬ 
demnify  and  save  harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia  against  and 
from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees,  costs  and  expenses, 
including  attorney’s  fees,  of  the  same  which  it  may  suffer  or 
which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city  for  or  by 
reason  of  the  granting  of  such  privilege  and  authority,  or  for  or 
by  reason  of  or  growing  out  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with 
the  exercise  by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  of  the 
privilege  and  authority  hereby  granted,  and  the  said  right,  privi¬ 
leges  and  authority  are  hereby  granted  upon  the  express  condition, 
and  upon  neglect  or  failure  of  said  company,  its  successors  or 

assigns,  to  comply  with  the  provision  of  this  section,  then  this 
ordinance  shall  cease  to  operate  and  be  void,  and  all  right,  priv¬ 
ilege  and  authority  hereby  granted  shall  be  forfeited. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal*]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  3rd  day  of  December, 
A.  D.  1890. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


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Centra li a  &  Central  City  Street  Railway 


Additional  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  68. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois: 

533*]  §  i.  That  the  Centralia  and  Central  City  Railway 

Company  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  granted  the  exclusive  right, 
privilege  and  authority  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street 
railway  along  and  upon  Miller  or  Fair  Ground  Avenue,  the  same 
being  an  extension  of  Broadway  of  said  city,  subject  to  all  of 
the  provisions,  restrictions,  penalties,  forfeitures,  rules  and  regu¬ 
lations  as  well  concerning  the  construction  of  as  the  maintaining 
and  operating  the  same  as  are  mentioned  and  set  forth  in  ordinance 
of  said  city  numbered  sixty-three  (63),  entitled  “An  ordinance 
authorizing  the  Centralia  and  Central  City  Railway  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a  street 
railway  within  the  corporation  of  the  city  of  Centralia,  Ill.,  and 

granting  to  said  company  the  right,  privilege  and  authority  to 
lay  down  tracks  and  erect  and  maintain  the  necessary  appurte¬ 
nance  for  the  successful  operation  of  said  street  railway  upon  and 
along  certain  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  said  city,”  and 
dated  the  3rd  day  of  December,  A.  D.,  1890:  Provided ,  that  it 
shall  not  be  lawful  for  said  company,  its  successor  or  assigns  to 
construct,  operate  and  maintain  more  than  one  track  upon  or 
along  any  one  side  or  driveway  of  said  avenue  and  that  said  track 
or  tracks  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained  so  that  the  inside 
line  of  the  ties  of  said  track  or  tracks  shall  not  be  or  approach 
nearer  than  two  feet  of  the  inside  row  or  rows  of  shade  trees  of 
said  avenue;  provided  that  no  slack  or  obnoxious  material  shall 
ever  be  used  for  filling  or  grading  said  track  or  tracks.  And  be  it 


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further  provided  that  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void  and  of 
no  effect  unless  accepted  by  the  said  company  within  two  days 
after  its  passage,  which  acceptance  shall  be  in  writing  and  entered 
in  full  on  the  records. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[SEAL.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  2nd  day  of  July, 
A.  D.  1891. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 

Attest:  FRANK  F.  NOLEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


Centralia  &  Chester  Railroad  Co.  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  NO.  89. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois: 

534*]  §  1.  That  the  right  of  way  of  the  width  of  twenty - 

five  feet  be  granted  to  the  Centralia  &  Chester  Railroad  Company, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  on  which  to  lay  not  exceeding  two 
tracks  and  operate  a  railroad  across  and  upon  streets  in  the 
Railroad  Addition  and  the  original  town  of  Centralia  as  laid 
out  by  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  as  follows: 
Across  Hickory  street  between  blocks  86  and  85;  across  Seventh 
South  street  between  blocks  85  and  74;  across  Walnut  street 
between  blocks  74  and  75;  across  Sixth  South  street  between 
blocks  75  and  69,  and  across  and  upon  Chestnut  street  between 
Sixth  South  street  and  Fifth  South  street,  to  an  intersection  with 
the  tracks  of  the  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  and  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad. 

535-]  §  2.  The  permission  and  authority  granted  by  this 

ordinance  is  upon  the  express  conditions  that  the  said  Centralia 
and  Chester  Railroad  Company  shall,  before  any  track  is  laid 


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across  or  upon  said  streets,  at  its  own  expense,  establish  a  grade 
for  said  streets  under  the  supervision  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  City  Council  of  said  city,  or  of  the  person  or  persons  desig¬ 
nated  by  said  Council;  shall  lay  its  track  in  conformity  to  such 
grade  so  that  the  bottom  of  its  rails  shall  be  of  even  height  with 
such  grade;  shall  at  all  times,  upon  reasonable  notice,  construct, 
build  and  maintain  gutters,  culverts  and  sewers  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  City  Council  and  its  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Alleys,  upon  or  under  that  portion  of  said  streets  aforesaid  and 
covered  by  said  right  of  way,  and  shall  plank,  macadamize  or  pave, 
and  keep  planked,  macadamized  or  paved  all  that  portion  of  said 
streets  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  City  Council  and  of  the  Street 
Commissioner,  in  such  manner  as  to  make  it  convenient  to  pass 
over  its  track  or  tracks  and  over  the  said  streets  with  vehicles. 
The  said  Centralia  and  Chester  Railroad  Company,  its  successors 
or  assigns,  shall  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  said 
City  of  Centralia  against  and  from  all  suits,  decrees,  judgments, 
damages,  costs  and  expenses,  which  it  may  suffer  or  which  may 
be  recovered  or  obtained  against  it  for  or  b)^  reason  of  the  grant¬ 
ing  of  this  right  of  way,  or  by  reason  of  the  location  or  existence 
of  the  track  or  tracks  of  said  Railroad  Company  in  said  city,  or 
for  or  by  reason  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  for  any 
reason  resulting  from  or  growing  out  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance.  The  privileges  and  rights  granted  by  this  ordinance 
is  granted  upon  the  further  condition  that  said  Railroad  Company 
shall  construct  their  said  Railroad  and  have  the  same  in  operation 
by  the  first  day  of  July,  1893. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  22d  day  of  November,  A. 
D.  1892. 

JASPER  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 

W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


Attest: 


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Centra li a  Light  <fc  Power  Co.  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  107. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 

Illinois: 

536*  §  1.  That  there  is  hereby  granted  to  F.  Kohl,  George 

E.  Pittenger  and  Seymour  Andrews,  commissioners  duly  authorized 
to  open  books  for  subscription  to  the  capital  stock  of  the 
Centralia  Eight  and  Power  Company,  for  and  on  behalf  of  said 
corporation,  now  being  organized,  the  right,  privilege  and 
authority  to  use  and  to  occupy  the  streets,  alleys 'and  avenues  in 
said  city  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  and  furnishing  said  city 
and  the  public  in  general  with  gas  and  electricity  for  power,  heat 
and  illumination,  and  such  other  purposes  as  it  may  be  adapted, 
and  for  that  end  and  to  that  purpose  they  and  the  said  Centralia 
Eight  and  Power  Company  shall  have  the  right,  privilege  and 
authority  to  lay  down,  construct  and  maintain  all  the  necessary 
pipes,  mains,  fixtures  and  appurtenances  in  and  underneath  the 
surface  of  and  erect  all  the  necessary  poles,  posts  and  stretch  all 
the  necessary  wires  and  fixtures  and  appurtenances  along  and 
upon  the  said  public  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  in  said  city, 
together  with  the  right  and  privilege  to  maintain  an}7  and  all 
pipes,  mains,  poles,  posts,  fixtures  and  appurtenances  now  or 
hereafter  belonging  to  said  company  therein  or  thereon  situate 
for  the  purpose  of  .conducting  and  supplying  said  gas  and 
electricity  for  the  full  term  of  twenty  years:  Provided ,  however , 
said  company,  in  the  exercise  of  the  privilege  herein  granted, 
shall  not  intefere  with  the  pipes,  mains,  poles,  posts,  wires  or 
fixtures  of  any  other  company  or  corporation  in  said  city  erected 
under  or  by  virtue  of  the  permission  of  the  Council  heretofore 
granted. 

537.]  §  2.  Said  company  may  establish  and  maintain  on 

its  own  premises  such  works,  appliances  and  fixtures  as  are 
needful  to  furnish,  manufacture  and  supply  said  gas  and  electricity 
and  from  time  do  time  improve  and  repair  the  same. 


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53^.]  §  3.  Said  company,  in  the  establishment  and  main¬ 

tenance  of  its  said  works,  shall  repair  and  place  in  as  good 
condition  as  before  interfered  with  all  streets,  avenues,  alleys  and 
public  grounds  immediately,  as  said  work  progresses,  subject  to 
the  easements  herein  granted. 

539*]  §  4.  In  consideration  of  the  privileges  and  authority 

herein  granted,  said  company  hereby  agrees  for  and  during  the 
continuance  of  this  franchise  to  furnish  the  city  free  of  charge, 
and  keep  the  same  in  good  repair,  twenty-five  incandescent 
electric  lights  along  the  line  of  its  main  wires,  to  burn  until 
twelve  o’clock  at  night,  moonlight  schedule;  furthermore,  that 
it  will  at  all  times  furnish  the  city  gas  or  electricity  for  illumi¬ 
nation,  heat  or  power  at  ten  per  cent,  below  its  regular  rate  to 
private  consumers. 

540. ]  §  5.  Said  company  shall  furnish  electric  light  to  the 

city  at  a  monthly  rental  of  not  more  than  seventy-five  cents  for 
twenty  candle  power  lamp,  and  to  private  consumer's  at  a  monthly 
rental  of  not  more  than  seventy-five  cents  for  sixteen  candle 
power  lamp  burning  until  twelve  o’clock  at  night,  or  at  the  rate 
of  one  cent  per  hour  for  a  portion  of  the  time. 

541. ]  §  6.  The,  foregoing  rights,  privileges  and  authority 

are  hereby  granted  for  a  full  term  of  twenty  years  from  the  date 
of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance:  Provided ,  the  same  shall  be 
accepted  in  writing  within  five  days  thereafter  bv  one  or  more  of 
said  commissioners  on  behalf  of  said  company. 

542. ]  §  7.  The  foregoing  rights,  privileges  and  authority 

are  granted  to  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  upon  the 
express  condition  that  it  and  they  shall  forever  keep  and  save 
harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia  from  anv  and  all  damages, 
decrees,  judgments,  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  including 
attorney  fees,  which  it  may  suffer  or  which  may  be  recovered  or 
obtained  against  the  said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of 
such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for  or  by  reason  of  or  growing 
out  of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  or  any 
matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the  exercise  by  said 
company  of  the  rights  herein  granted,  and  upon  neglect  or  failure 


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so  to  do  within  a  reasonable  time,  having  been  duly  notified  in 
writing,  then  this  ordinance  shall  become  null  and  void  and  all 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and  be  forfeited. 

542.]  §  8.  That  all  lamps,  poles,  posts  and  wires  shall  be 

erected  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Committee  on  Light  in 
said  City. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  official  hand 
and  caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of 
[sear.]  the  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  21st  day  of  June, 
A.  D.  1893. 

JAS.  BENSON,  Mayor. 

'  Attest:  H.  VAN  CLEVE,  City  Clerk. 


Centralia  Mining  &  Manufacturing  Co.  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  36. 

An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  Granting  to  the  Cen¬ 
tralia  Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company  the 
Right  of  Way  Under,  and  the  Right  to  Take  Coal 
From  Under  the  Streets  and  Alleys  of  the  City 
of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

543.]  §  1.  That  for  the  encouragement  of  mining  and 

manufacturing  interests  within  the  city  limits  of  the  City  of 
Centralia,  and  to  enable  the  Centralia  Mining  and  Manufacturing 
Company  at  said  Centralia  to  pass  from  their  shaft  now  sunk,  or 
any  other  shafts  to  be  hereafter  sunk  by  said  company  for  raising 
coal,  to  lands  lying  beyond  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city, 
and  secure  to  said  company  the  right  of  way  under,  through  and 
across  the  streets  in  running  entries  in  the  vein  of  coal  by  said 
company  worked,  and  to  enable  said  company  to  mine  and  take 


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out  the  coal  underlying  said  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city,  the 
said  city  of  Centralia,  in  the  County  of  Marion  and  State  of 
Illinois,  doth  hereby  ordain  that  a  lease  shall  be  executed  to  said 
company  aforesaid,  for  mining  all  coal  underlying  the  streets  and 
alleys  of  the  said  city,  and  granting  the  right  of  way  thereunder, 
said  lease  to  run  for  the  term  of  fifty  years,  and  the  said  company 
pay  to  said  city  royalty  at  the  rate  of  fifty  dollars  per  acre  for  all 
coal  by  said  company  taken  out  from  under  the  said  streets  and 
alleys,  and  that  said  royalty  shall  be  paid  at  the  end  of  each  and 
every  quarter  or  three  months  in  each  and  every  year  from  the 
time  said  company  commences  taking  out  coal  from  any  street 
or  alley,  and  all  coal  taken  out  during  any  quarter  shall  be  due 
and  payable  at  the  end  of  said  quarter;  that  said  lease  shall  be 
executed  by  the  said  city  to  the  Centralia  Mining  and  Manufac¬ 
turing  Company  at  Centralia,  Illinois,  when  said  company  shall 
desire'  the  execution  thereof  to  be  made,  at  and  for  the  royalty 
aforesaid  to  be  paid. 

544.]  §  2.  Nothing  in  section  one  of  this  ordinance  shall 

be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  any  other  coal  company  that  may 
hereafter  be  formed  within  the  City  of  Centralia,  from  the  same 
privilege  of  mining  and  passing  under  the  streets  and  alleys  of 
the  City  of  Centralia  as  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Centralia  Mining 
and  Manufacturing  Company. 

545*]  §  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 

from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  6,  1875. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal*]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  7th  day  of  April, 
A.  D.  1875. 

M.  C.  KELL,  Mayor. 

H.  G.  HAND,  City  Clerk. 


Attest: 


FRANCHISE. 


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Centralia  Mining  &  Manufacturing  Company. 

Additional  F ranchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  37. 

An  Ordinance  Granting  the  Right  of  Way  Over  Cer¬ 
tain  Streets  Therein  Named  to  the  Centralia 
Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company,  and  Vacating 
a  Certain  Street  Therein  Named  for  the  Use  of 
Said  Company. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

546.]  §  1.  That  the  right  of  way  to  grade  and  lay  a  rail¬ 

road  track  or  tracks  over  or  across  Chestnut  street,  in  the  City  of 
Centralia,  for  the  purpose  of  making  side  tracks  leading  from 
the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company’s  track  to  the  shaft  now 
sunk,  or  any  other  shaft  hereafter  to  be  sunk  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  by  the  Centralia  Mining  and 
Manufacturing  Company  and  their  successors  and  assigns,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  granted  to  the  Centralia  Mining  and  Manu¬ 
facturing  Company  at  Centralia,  Illinois. 

547-]  §  2.  That  that  part  of  Seventh  South  street  lying 

between  Walnut  street  and  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  track  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  vacated  for  the  use  of  the  Centralia 
Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company  at  Centralia,  Illinois,  and 
their  successors  and  assigns. 

548  •]  §  3-  That  said  Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company 

shall  have  the  right  to  erect  and  construct  over  and  across 
Chestnut  street,,  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  such  trestles  or  trestle 
works  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  successful  mining  operations 
of  said  company:  Provided ,  said  Mining  and  Manufacturing 
Company  shall,  in  each  trestle  work  erected  over  and  across  said 
street,  leave  a  passage  way  or  bent  of  not  less  than  sixteen  (16) 
feet  in  width  for  the  passage  of  persons,  wagons,  vehicles,  etc. 


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549-]  §  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 

from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  6,  1875. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  7th  day  of  April,  A. 
D.  1875. 

M.  C.  KELT,  Mayor. 
Attest:  H.  G.  HAND,  City  Clerk. 


Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Franchise. 


[An  Ordinance  Granting  to  the  Jacksonville  &  South¬ 
eastern  Railway  Company  Franchise  over  certain 
Streets  in  Centralia.  Chapter  32  Revised  Ordi¬ 
nances  1883.] 

55°.]  §  1.  That  Chestnut  street  in  the  said  City  of  Cen¬ 

tralia,  in  the  County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Jacksonville 
Southeastern  Railway  Company,  and  their  successors  in  office 
and  assigns,  as  a  right  of  way  for  the  purpose  of  building  and 
operating  a  railroad  over  and  upon  the  same,  with  the  right  to 
place  thereon  one  or  more  tracks;  save  and  except  that  part  of 
said  Chestnut  street  which  lies  between  Second  North  street  and 
Third  South  street  in  the  said  city,  and  as  to  that  part  of  said 
Chestnut  street  last  named,  the  right  to  use  the  same  for  railroad 
purposes  is  limited  to  the  laying  and  operating  of  but  one  track 
on  the  same. 

551*]  §  2.  That  Wabash  Avenue  in  said  City  of  Centralia 

is  hereby  granted  to  the  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  for  the  use  of  its  railroad, 
with  the  right  to  build,  lay  down  and  operate  one  or  more 
railroad  tracks  on  the  same:  Provided ,  always,  that  the  Jack- 


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sonville  Southeastern  Railway  Company  shall  build,  or  construct 
its  railroad  to  said  City  of  Centralia  by  the  first  day  of  January, 

A.  D.  1884,  and  if  not  so  built  and  constructed  as  aforesaid, 
then  the  right  to  use  said  streets  as  herein  provided  shall  cease 
and  be  null  and  void. 

552*]  §  3.  The  permission,  authority  and  privileges 

hereby  granted  are  upon  the  father  express  condition  that  the 
said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Company  shall  and  will 
forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia 
against  and  from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees  and 
costs  and  expenses  of  the  same  which  it  may  suffer,  or  which 
may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city  for,  or  by  reason 
of  the  granting  of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for  or  by 
reason  of,  or  growing  out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance,  or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or 
with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges  and  authority 
hereby  granted. 

553-]  §  4.  That  before  any  of  said  railroad  tracks  are  laid 

or  constructed  in- or  upon  said  streets  there  shall  be  established, 
at  the  expense  of  sai)d  company,  a  grade  of  and  for  said  street, 
said  grade  to  be  established  by  said  company  under  the  super¬ 
vision  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  City  Council  of  said 
city,  or  the  person  or  persons  designated  by  said  Council.  And 
the  said  company  is  hereby  required  to  construct  and  lay  the  road 
bed  and  ties  of  their  railroad  track  or  tracks  in  exact  conformity  to 
and  with  said  grade,  so  to  be  established;  and  to  keep  and  main¬ 
tain  the  same  at  and  in  conformity  to  said  grade,  so  that  no 
part  of  their  said  track  or  tracks  shall  at  any  time  be  either 
above  or  below  said  grade,  except  the  rails  of  said  track  or 
tracks,  which  may  be  laid  with  their  bottoms  resting  upon  said 
grade,  upon  express  condition  that  the  said  company  shall  and 
will  keep  their  said  track  or  tracks  so  to  be  constructed  in  good 
repair,  with  suitable  planking  on  the  outside  of  and  between  the 
rails,  on  that  portion  of  Chestnut  street  lying  between  Second 
North  street  and  Third  South  street,  and  also  at  all  points  where 
streets  cross  said  railroad  tracks,  so  as  to  make  the  crossing  of 


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the  same  safe  and  convenient,  and  so  that  vehicles  may  easily 
and  readily  pass  over  said  track  ,  or  tracks  without  injury  or 
inconvenience. 

554*]  §  5-  That  the  said  company  shall  not  destroy  or  in 

any  manner  obstruct  the  sewer  and  natural  water  course  now  exist¬ 
ing  in,  along  and  on  said  Chestnut  street.  And,  in  case  the  said 
company  should  lay  or  construct  a  track  or  tracks  upon  or  over 
said  sewer  and  water  course,  or /any  part  thereof,  then  and  in 
that  case  the  said  company  shall  keep  and  maintain  said  sewer 
in  good  repair  and  condition,  and  the  said  water  course  in  good 
condition  for  sewerage  purposes.  And  the  same  shall  be  done 
and  so  kept  and  maintained  by  said  company,  for  the  use  of  said 
City  of  Centralia,  for  sewerage  purposes,  under  the  supervision 
and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Alleys  of  said  city. 


Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Company 

Additional  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  21. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

555*]  §  1.  That  the  portion  of  Kaskaskia  street  east  of 

Wabash  avenue  in  said  City  of  Centralia,  in  the  county  of 
Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appro¬ 
priated  to  the  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  upon  the  conditions,  and  under  the 
limitations  hereinafter  mentioned  or  contained,  as  a  right  of  way 
for  the  purpose  of  building  and  operating  a  single  railroad  track 
along,  and  upon  the  same:  Provided ,  that  said  railway  company 
shall  construct  its  railroad  from  Centralia  to  a  connection  with 
the  Louisville  and  Nashville  railroad  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 


FRANCHISE. 


26l 


January,  A.  D.  1888.  The  right  to  the  use  of  said  Kaskaskia 
street  is  granted  to  the  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  upon  the  following  limita¬ 
tions  and  conditions: 

First.  The  ordinance  granting  to  said  railway  company 
the  use  of  Chestnut  street  and  Wabash  avenue  in  said  City  of 
Centralia,  published  and  known  as  Chapter  XXXII  of  the 
Revised  Ordinances  of  1883,  is  hereby  so  modified  as  to  permit  the 
laying  of  one  track  only  by  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern 
Railway  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  on  Chestnut  street, 
south  of  Second  North  street,  thence  south  on  Wabash  avenue 
to  Kaskaskia  street,  and  the  City  Council  of  said  City  of  Centra¬ 
lia  shall,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  grant  to  any  railway  company  or  railway 
companies  the  right  to  build  and  operate  another  railway  or 
other  railways  along,  or  upon  Chestnut  street,  Wabash  avenue 
and  Kaskaskia  streets,  any  grant,  restriction,  or  provision  in  said 
ordinance  contained  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  and  in  case 
of  the  construction  of  another  railway  upon  Kaskaskia  street, 
the  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Company  shall  shift, 
or  remove  its  said  track  to  one  side  of  said  street. 

Second.  The  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Com¬ 
pany  shall,  and  will,  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the 
the  said  City  of  Centralia  against,  and  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees,  costs,  expenses  and  reasonable  attorney’s 
fees,  which  it  may  incur  or  suffer,  or  which  may  be  recovered  or 
obtained  against  said  city,  for,  from  or  by  reasons  resulting  from 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance  or  the  exercise  by  said  railway 
company  of  the  rights  or  privileges  herein  granted. 

Third.  The  said  Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway  Com¬ 
pany  consents  and  agrees  that  in  case  a  claim  for  damages  to 
property  shall  be  made  by  any  owner  of  property  abutting  upon 
said  Kaskaskia  street,  either  against  the  said  City  of  Centralia  or 
the  said  railway  company,  such  claim,  the  claimant  so  electing, 
shall  be  submitted  to  arbitration,  each  party  selecting  an  arbitra¬ 
tor  and  they  selecting  a  third,  and  the  decision  of  such  arbitrators 
therein  shall  be  final ,  and  in  the  event  such  question  of  damages 
shall  be  determined  by  or  in  a  suit  at  law  or  in  equity  against 


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said  city  or  said  railway  company,  the  said  railway  company, 
in  addition  to  the  damages  so  determined,  will  pay  to  the  property 
owner  a  reasonable  attorney’s  or  solicitor’s  fee. 

Fourth.  The  said  railway  company  shall  make  and  provide 
all  culverts  and  street  crossings  for  vehicles  and  pedestrians  at 
any  time  required  or  deemed  necessary  by  the  City  Council  of 
the  said  City  of  Centralia,  and  shall  keep  and  maintain  the  same 
in  good  repair;,  that  before  said  railroad  track  is  laid  on  said 
Kaskaskia  street,  there  shall  be  established,  at  the  expense  of 
said  railway  company,,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  City  Council 
of  said  city,  a  grade  for  said  street,  to  which  grade,,  when  so 
established,  said  railroad  track  shall  be  made  to  conform  and 
shall  be  kept  and  maintained  in ,  conformity  therewith,  except 
that  the  rails  of  said  track  may  be  laid  with  their  bottoms  resting 
upon  said  grade-  ,  -  ; 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  6th  day  of  July, 
A.  D.  1887.  , 

B.  HAUSSLER,  Mayor. 

Attest:  Z.  T.  CONDIT,  City  Clerk. 


ORDINANCE  No;  23. 

An  Ordinance  Amending  Ordinance  No.  21. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  •  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

556.]  '§  1.  That  Sec.  1  of  Ordinance  No.  21  be  and  is 

hereby  amended  by  striking  therefrom  the  words:  Provided  that 
said  railway  company  shall  construct  its  railroad  from  Centralia 
to  a  connection  with  the  Louisville  and  Nashville  railroad  on.  or 
before  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1888.  And  inserting  in 
lieu  thereof  the  words:  Provided  said  railway  company  shall 
construct  its  line  of  road  to  a  connection  with  a  railroad,  extend- 


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in g  from  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  to  the  Louisville  and 
Nashville  railroad,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D. 
1888. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  set  my  hand  and  caused  to  be 
affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 
[seal.]  Illinois,  this  26th  day  of  December,* A.  D.  1887. 

B.  HAUSSLER,  Mayor. 
Attest:  Z.  T.  CONDIT,  City  Clerk. 


Jacksonville,  Louisville  St.  Louis  Railway  Co. 

F  RANCIIISE. 


ORDINANCE  No.  52. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois : 

557*]  §  1.  That  a  portion  of  Third  North  street,  in  the 

City  of  Centralia,  County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  to-wit: 
A  strip  of  land  five  feet,  more  or  less,  in  width,  the  east  line  of 
which  commences  at  a  point  about  sixty-six  and  one-half  feet 
east  of  the  northwest  corner  of  Lot  1  in  Block  12  of  said  city, 
running  thence  northeasterly  seventy  feet  across  said  Third  North 
street,  and  the  west  line  of  said  strip  being  parallel  thereto;  also 
a  strip  of  land  five  feet,  more  or  less,  in  width,  the  east  line  of 
which  commences  atti  point  about  fifteen  feet  west  of  the  north¬ 
east  corner  of  said  lot  and  runs  in  a  northeasterly  course  across 
said  Third  North  street  seventy  feet,  more  or  less,  with  the  west 
line  of  said  strip,  parallel  thereto;  also  a  strip  of  land  five  feet, 
more  or  less,  in  width,  being  a  portion  of  Fourth  North  street  in 
said  city,  the  east  line  of  said  strip  commencing  at  a  point  about 
five  feet  west  of  the  northeast  corner  of  Block  5  of  said  city,  and 
running  thence  in  a  northeasterlv  course  seventv  feet,  more  or 
less,  across  said  Fourth  North  street,  with  the  west  line  of  said 
strip  parallel  thereto,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  to 


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the  Jacksonville,  Louisville  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  upon  the  conditions  and  under  the  limi¬ 
tations  hereinafter  mentioned  or  contained,  as  a  right  of  way  for 
the  purpose  of  building  and  operating  railway  track  or  tracks 
along  and  upon  the  same. 

558  .]  §  2.  The  permission,  authority  and  privileges  hereby 

granted  are  upon  the  express  condition  that  the  said  Jacksonville, 
Louisville  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  its  successors  and 
assigns,  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the 
said  City  of  Centralia  against  and  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees  and  costs  and  expenses,  including  a  reasonable 
attorney’s  or  solicitor’s  fee,  of  the  same  which  it  may  suffer,  or 
which  may  be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city,  or  which 
said  city  may  incur  in  the  defense  of  any  suit  for  or  by  reason  of 
or  growing  out  of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance, 
or  any  matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  or  with  the  exercise 
by  said  company  of  the  privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted. 

559*]  §  3.  Said  railway  tracks  shall  be  laid  and  con¬ 

structed  in  exact  conformity  with  the  established  grade  of  the 
streets  of  said  city,  and  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
shall  keep  and  maintain  the  same  at  and  in  conformity  to  said 
grades,  so  that  no  part  of  said  tracks  shall  at  any  time  be  either 
above  or  below  said  grade,  except  the  rails  of  said  tracks,  which 
may  be  laid  with  their  bottoms  resting  upon  said  grade,  and  said 
privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted  is  upon  the  further 
express  condition  that  said  company  shall  and  will  keep  their  said 
track  or  tracks  so  to  be  constructed  in  good  repair,  and  said  track 
or  tracks  so  to  beiconstructed  on  and  across  Third  North  street,  as 
aforesaid,  with  suitable  planking  between  and  on  the  outside  of 
the  rails  thereof,  so  as  to  make  the  same  safe  and  convenient  and 
so  that  vehicles  may  easily  and  readily  pass  over  said  track  or 
tracks  without  injury  or  inconvenience,  and  that  said  company, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  upon  receiving  ten  days  notice,  will 
cause  to  be  constructed  a  similar  suitable  crossing  for  vehicles 
upon  said  track  or  tracks  so  to  be  constructed  on  Fourth  North 
street  as  aforesaid. 


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560.]  §  4.  That  said  company  shall  not  destroy  or  obstruct 

in  any  manner  the  sewer  and  natural  water  course  now  existing 
in  and  along  said  Fourth  North  and  Third  North  streets,  and* 
said  company  agrees  to  construct  and  build  a  good  and  sufficient 
sewer  on  both  sides  of  said  Third  North  street  from  the  first  alley 
west  of  Chestnut  street  along,  through  and  upon  said  Third 
North  street  and  across  said  Chestnut  street,  and  along  and  upon 
such  parts  of  Fourth  North  street  as  are  interfered  with  by  the 
said  track  or  tracks,  suitable  to  carry  off  the  natural  flow  of 
water  on  said  streets  with  reference  to  the  established  grade  of 
said  city  and  in  conformity  with  the  same,  and  shall  keep  and 
maintain  said  sewers  in  good  repair  and  condition,  and  said 
water  courses  in  good  condition  for  sewerage  purposes;  and  the 
same  shall  be  done  and  so  kept  and  maintained  by  said  company 
for  the  use  of  said  city  of  Centralia  for  sewerage  purposes,  under 
the  supervision  and  entire  satisfaction  of  the  Committee  on 
Streets  and  Alleys  of  said  city. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal*]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  12th  day  of  May, 
A.  D.  1890. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


Jacksonville,  Louisville  &  St.  Louis  Railway 

Additional  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  91. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

561.]  §  1.  That  permission,  privilege  and  authority  is 

hereby  granted  to  the  Jacksonville,  Eouisville  and  St.  Eouis 
Railway,  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  lay  down,  construct  and 


SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


2  66 

operate  a  railroad  switch  track,  commencing  at  their  main  track 
on  Chestnut  street  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  South  streets  in  this 
#  city  and  running  in  a  southwest  direction  to  the  west  side  of 
said  Chestnut  street;  also  across  Sixth  South  and  between 
Chestnut  and  Walnut  streets. 

562. ]  §  2.  That  portion  of  said  track  which  shall  be 

constructed  upon  Chestnut  street  shall  be  in  exact  conformity 
with  the  established  grade,  and  said  company  shall  so  keep  and 
maintain  the  same  so  that  no  part  of  their  said  track  shall  at  any 
time  be  above  or  below  said  grade,  and  said  portion  of  said  track 
shall  be  planked  between  the  rails  and  for  a  distance  of  two  feet 
outside  of  both  rails,  so  that  teams  may  cross  and  pass  readily 
over  and  across  the  same,  and  should  that  portion  of  Sixth  South 
street  or  other  street  where  said  railroad  track  crosses  the  same  at 
any  time  be  opened  up  for  public  travel,  then  said  company  shall 
construct  and  maintain,  at  their  own  expense,  suitable  crossings 
over  their  said  tracks  at  said  points,  in  conformity  with  the 
established  grade. 

563.  §  3.  The  said  company  shall  not  destroy  or  in  any 
manner  obstruct  the  sewers  and  natural  water  courses  now  exist¬ 
ing  upon  any  of  the  parts  of  streets  which  are  crossed  by  their 
said  tracks,  and  in  case  said  company  should  lay  or  construct  its 
track  upon  or  over  any  sewer  or  water  course  or  any  part  thereof, 
then  and  in  that  case  the  company  shall  keep  and  maintain  the 
said  sewer  or  water  course  in  good  repair  and  condition,  under 
the  supervision  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  vStreet  Com¬ 
missioner  of  said  city. 

564. ]  §4.  The  permission,  privilege  and  authority  hereby 

granted  to  the  said  Jacksonville,  Louisville  and  St.  Louis  Rail¬ 
way,  its  successors  and  assigns,  are  upon  the  express  condition 
that  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  shall  and  will 
forever  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia 
against  and  from  any  and  all  damages,  judgments,  decrees  and 
costs  and  expenses  of  same,  which  it  may  suffer  or  which  may 
be  recovered  or  obtained  against  said  city,  for  or  by  reason  of 
the  granting  of  the  privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted,  or 
for  or  by  reason  of  or  growing  out  of  or  resulting  from  the 


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267 


passage  of  this  ordinance  or  any  other  matter  or  thing  connected 
therewith  or  with  the  exercise  by  said  company  of  the  privileges 
and  authority  hereby  granted,  to  all  of  which  said  company  for^ 
itself  and  its  successors  and  assigns  will  signify  its  assent  by  the 
acceptance  of  any  of  the  privileges  herein  granted. 

565.]  §  5.  Provided  further  that  nothing  in  this  ordinance 

contained  shall  give  said  company  any  right  to  interfere  with  the 
rights  heretofore  granted  to  the  Centralia  and  Chester  Railroad 
Company,  or  any  other  corporation  in  said  city,  and,  said  Jack¬ 
sonville,  Louisville  and  St.  Louis  Railway,  in  the  construction 
of  its  said  track,  shall  not  interfere  with  the  right  of  way 
heretofore  selected  by  any  such  corporation,  nor  molest  or 
interfere  with  its  track  or  tracks. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the 
[seal,.  ]  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  10th  day  of  Jan¬ 
uary,  *A.  D.  1893. 

J.  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


Jacksonville,  Louisville  &  St.  Louis  Railway 

Depot  Grounds  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  129. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois:  ,  . 

566.]  §  1.  That  the  right,  permission  and  iuthorit}^  is 

hereby  granted  to  the  Jacksonville,  Louisville  and?  St.  Louis 
Railway  Company  and  to  its  successors  and  assigns,  to  occupy 
the  west  twenty-five  feet  of  Chestnut  street,  in  front  of  lots  one, 
two,  three,  four,  five,  six  and  seven  in  block  numbered  twelve  of 
the  original  town  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  with  the  right  to 


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build  and  maintain  thereon  a  platform  and  station  building  to 
be  used  in  connection  with  its  railway  in  said  city,  on. condition 
that  the  south  end  of  said  platform  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty 
feet  and  the  south  end  of  said  station  building  shall  not  be  less 
than  fifty  feet  north  of  the  northeast  corner  of  lot  eight  in  block 
numbered  twelve,  and  upon  the  further  condition  that  said 
railway  company  shall  at  all  times  keep  an  open  driveway  at 
least  thirty  feet  in  width,  commencing  at  Chestnnt  street  on  the  • 
South  side  of  lot  7  in  block  1 2  and  extending  on  the  west  side  of 
said  platform  and  depot  building  to  Third  North  street,  for  the 
use  of  the  public. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  21st  day  of  November,  A. 

D.  1894. 

JAS.  BENSON,  Mayor. 

Attest:  H.  VAN  CLEVE,  City  Clerk. 


Louisville,  Evansville  &  St.  Railroad  Company’s 

Telegraph  Franchise. 


ORDINANCE  No.  49. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Ce?itralia , 

Illinois: 

567-]  §  1.  That  the  Louisville,  Evansville  and  St.  Louis 

Consolidated  Railroad  Company  and  its  successors  and  assigns, 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  granted  the  right  of  way  through, 
in  and  upon  the  following  streets  and  alleys,  to- wit: 

Commencing  at  the  north  end  of  Chestnut  street,  thence 
along  said  street  south  to  Fourth  North  street,  thence  west  on 
Fourth  North  street  to  the  alley  between  Chestnut  and  Walnut 
streets,  thence  south  on  and  along  said  alley  to  Sixth  South  street, 
thence  west  on  Sixth  South  street  to  Walnut  street,  thence  south 


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269 


011  and  along  Walnut  street  to  Kaskaskia  street,  thence  east  on 
Kaskaskia  streets  to  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the 
County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  for  the  use  and  purposes 
of  therein  and  thereon  to  erect  and  maintain  and  use  all  the 
necessary  poles  or  posts  of  wood,  iron  or  other  suitable  material, 
and  the  necessary  wires  successfully  to  operate  and  use  a  system 
of  telegraphy  though  said  city:  Provided ,  said  company  and  its 
successors  and  assigns  shall  so  set  said  posts  or  poles,  iron  or 
other  suitable  material,  and  place  the  wires  thereon  in  such 
places,  to-wit:  On  either  line  of  said  streets  or  alley  not  now 
occupied  by  any  other  company,  and  in  such  a  manner  as  not  to 
interfere  with  the  travel  on  said  streets  or  alley,  and  shall  put 
and  keep  in  good  order  all  those  parts  of  the  same  interfered 
with  or  used  in  the  erection  of  said  poles  or  posts,  iron  or  other 
suitable  material,  and  shall  hereafter  so  maintain  the  same  in 
like  good  order. 

568  .]  §  2.  Said  poles,  posts,  iron  or  other  material,  shall 

be  so  set  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  flow  of  water  in  any  gutter 
or  drain  in  said  streets  and  alley. 

569. ]  §  3.  The  said  City  Council  expressly  reserves  the 

right  to  grant  the  right  of  way  through,  in  and  upon  the  said 
streets  and  alley  for  the  erection,  maintainance  and  use  of  the 
necessary  poles,  posts  and  wires  of  any  other  telegraph  company, 
or  individual  or  other  company,  the  same  not  to  interfere  with 
the  proper  and  successful  use  of  the  rights  hereby  granted  to  the 
said  railroad  company  and  its  assigns. 

570. ]  §  4.  Provided  that  the  erection  of  said  poles,  posts, 
iron,  wire  or  other  materials,  shall  be  placed  and  erected  under 
the  control  and  supervision  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Alleys  or  the  Street  Commissioner:  And,  provided,  further, 
that  the  permission  and  privileges  hereby  granted  are  upon  the 
express  condition  that  the  Louisville,  Evansville  and  St.  Louis 
Consolidated  Railroad  Company  shall  and  will  forever  indemnify 
and  save  harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia  against  and  from 
an}7"  and  all  damages,  judgments  and  costs  and  the  expenses  of 
the  same  which  it  mav  suffer  or  which  mav  be  recovered  or 


2  JO 


SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


obtained  against  said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting  of 
such  privileges  or  authority,  or  for  or  by  reason  of  or  growing 
out  of,  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any 
matter  or  thing  connected  therewith  or  with  the  exercise  by  said 
company  of  the  privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal*]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  15th  day  of  January, 
A.  D.  1890, 

JAMES  BENSON,  Mayor. 

Attest:  FRANK  F.  NOLEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


Telephone  Exchange  Franchise. 

[An  Ordinance  Granting  Franchise  to  Central  Tele¬ 
phone  Company.  Chapter  30  Revised  Ordinances 
1883.] 

571.]  §  1.  That  the  Central  Telephone  Company  and  its- 

successors  and  assigns  be,  and  they  are  hereby  granted  the  right 
of  way  through,  in  and  upon  the  streets,  sidewalks,  alleys  and 
public  grounds  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the  County  of  Marion, 
and  State  of  Illinois,  for  the  use  and  purposes  of  therein  and 
thereon  to  erect,  maintain  and  use  all  the  necessary  poles  or 
posts  of  wood,  iron  or  other  suitable  material,  and  the  necessary 
wires  to  successfully  operate  and  use  a  system  of  telephones,  or 
a  telephone  exchange  in  the  City  of  Centralia  aforesaid:  Pro¬ 
vided ,  that  the  said  Central  Telephone  Company  and  its 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  maintain  and  use  (under  proper  and 
reasonable  restrictions  and  rules),  an  office  and  operator  on  lines 
of  telephone  wires  at  some  convenient  point  within  the  city,  and 
shall  so  set  said  poles  or  posts  and  place  the  wires  thereon  in 
such  places  and  in  such  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  travel  on 
said  streets,  sidewalks,  alleys  and  public  grounds  aforesaid,  and 
shall  put  and  keep  in  good  order  all  those  parts  of  the  same 
interfered  with  or  used  in  the  erection  of  said  pole  or  posts,  and 
shall  hereafter  so  maintain  the  same  in  like  good  order. 


FRANCHISE. 


271 


572*]  §  2.  Said  poles  shall  be  so  set  as  not  to  interfere 

with  the  flow  of  water  in  any  gutter  or  drain  in  said  city,  and 
the  points  of  location  shall  be  determined  under  the  direction  of 
the  Street  Commissioner  or  the  City  Civil  Engineer. 

573*  §  3.  The  said  City  Council  expressly  reserves  the 

right  to  grant  right  of  way  through,  in  and  upon  said  streets, 
sidewalks,  alleys  and  public  ground,  for  the  erection,  mainten¬ 
ance  and  use  of  the  necessary  poles  or  posts  and  wires  of  any 
other  telephone  company  or  individual,  whenever  requested, 
the  same  not  to  interfere  with  the  proper  and  successful  use  of 
the  rights  hereby  granted  to  the  said  Central  Telephone 
Company  and  its  successors  and  assigns. 

574*]  §  4.  The  City  Council  shall  enact  such  ordinance 

as  may  become  necessary  for  the  protection  of  telephone  poles, 
fixtures  and  wires  against  abuse  and  injury:  Provided ,  the  City 
Council  shall  have  the  right  to  regulate  and  control  the  use  of 
said  right  of  way  by  the  said  company  by  all  reasonable 
ordinances,  and  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate  the  above 
privileges  upon  seasonable  notice  to  the  said  Telephone  Com¬ 
pany. 

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Western  Union  Telegraph  Company’s  Clock 

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F  RANCHISE. 

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.  ORDINANCE  No.  79. 

•  Be  it  Or  darned  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

575*]  §  1.  That  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company 

is  hereby  granted  the  permission,  privilege  and  authority,  subject 
to  the  conditions  hereinafter  set  forth,  to  erect  and  stretch  wires 
over  and  across,  and  when  necessary,  along  the  streets  and  alleys 
in  said  city,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  syncronizing  clocks,  for  a 
term  of  fifteen  years. 


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576.  §  2.  Said  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company 

shall  not  erect  or  construct  any  poles  or  posts  in  or  upon  said 
streets  and  alleys  for  the  purpose  of  supporting  their  aforesaid 
wires  upon,  except  upon  the  written  consent  of  the  Committee 
on  Streets  and  Alleys  had  therefor,  and  said  wires  shall  be  so 
constructed  and  erected  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  any  of  the 
wires  or  the  operation  and  enjoyment  of  the  rights,  privileges  and 
authority  heretofore  granted  to  any  other  corporation  or  indi¬ 
viduals  to  erect  wires  in  said  city,  and  the  wires  so  to  be  erected 
by  the  said  company  shall  in  no  instance  be  nearer  than 
twenty  feet  to  the  surface  of  any  of  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said 
city,  except  where  said  wires  are  brought  down  for  the  purpose 
of  entering  a  building. 

577*]  §  3-  For  and  in  consideration  of  privileges  here¬ 

inbefore  granted,  the  said  company  for  itself,  successors  and 
assigns,  hereby  covenants  and  agrees  to  keep  and  forever  save 
harmless  the  said  City  of  Centralia  from  any  and  all  damages, 
judgments,  decrees,  costs  and  expenses  of  the  same,  including 
attorney  fees,  which  it  may  suffer  or  which  may  be  obtained  or 
recovered  against  the  said  city  for  or  by  reason  of  the  granting 
of  such  privileges  and  authority,  or  for  or  by  reason  of  or  grow¬ 
ing  out  of  or  resulting  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  or  any 
matter  or  thing  connected  therewith ,  or  with  the  exercise  of  said  com  - 
pany  of  the  privileges  and  authority  hereby  granted.  And  upon 
neglect  or  failure  of  the  said  company  so  to  do  within  reasonable 
time  then  this  ordinance  shall  become  null  and  void  and  all 
rights  and  privileges  hereby  granted  shall  cease  and  be  forfeited: 
Provided ,  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  city  maintaining  its  right  of  action  against  said  company  in 
any  such  event,  for  all  lawful  demands  arising  under  this 
ordinance  or  growing  out  of  or  resulting  from  its  passage. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the 
[seal.]  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  30th  day  of  June, 
A.  D.  1892. 

J.  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W-  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


PLATS  AND  SUB-DIVISIONS. 


273 


PLATS  AND  SUB  DIVISIONS. 


Adams1  Addition. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

578.]  A.  M.  C.  Adams’  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
as  laid  out  on  a  part  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  the  south¬ 
east  quarter  of  section  seven,  township  one  north,  range 
one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois, 
was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  March  27th,  A. 
D.  1891,  and  recorded  in  book  4  of  Miscellaneous  Records,  page 
209. 


William  Anderson’s  Sub-Division. 


ORDINANCE  No.  88. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois : 

579.]  §  1.  That  the  survey  and  plat  of  William  M. 

Anderson’s  sub-division  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  the  north¬ 
west  quarter  of  section  nineteen,  town  one  north,  range  one 
east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  as  evidence  by  the  plat 
and  Surveyor’s  certificate  hereunto  annexed,  dated  the  1st  day  of 
November,  A.  D.  1892,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved,  and 
that  all  the -streets,  alleys,  common  or  public  grounds  designated 
on  said  plat  as  dedicated  to  the  public,  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  accepted. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  17th  day  of  November, 
A.  D.  1892. 

J.  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 
Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


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SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


Frederick  Bach’s  Sub- Division. 

[TRANSCRIPT  FROM  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

580.]  Frederick  Back’s  sub-division  of  lot  one  in  block 
three  of  A.  J.  Pearcy’s  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  July  23rd,  A.  D. 
1885,  and  the  same  recorded  in  book  3  of  Miscellaneous  Records, 
page  16. 


E.  S.  Condit  Jr’s.  Addition. 


ORDINANCE  No.  75. 

An  Ordinance  Approving  the  Plat  and  Sub-Division  of 
E.  S.  Condit  Jr’s.  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

1 

581  .]  §  1.  That  the  sub-division  of  a  part  of  the  south¬ 

east  quarter  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  seven ,  town  one 
north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  known  as 
the  E.  S*  Condit  Jr’s.  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  includ¬ 
ing  all  lots,  blocks,  streets  and  alleys,  together  with  the  plat 
thereof,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereunto  annexed  and  made  a  part  of 
this  ordinance,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  approved. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  4th  day  of  Nov- 
vember,  A.  D.  1891. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 
Attest:  FRANK  F.  NOEEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


PLATS  AND  SUB-DIVISIONS. 


275 


E  8.  Condit  Jr’s.  Addition  No.  2. 


ORDINANCE  No.  99. 


Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Cou?icil  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 


582.]  §  1.  That  the  sub-division  and  plat  of  Edwin  S. 

Condit  Jr’s.  Addition  No.  2  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  as  laid  out 
on  the  southeast  quarter  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section 
seven  (7),  in  town  one  (1)  north,  range  one  (1)  east  of  the 
Third  Principal  Meridian,  in  Marion  County,  Illinois,  as  shown 
by  the  annexed  plat  and  certificate,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
approved  and  the  streets  and  alleys  as  shown  thereon  are  hereby 
accepted  for  the  public  use  in  accordance  with  the  terms  therein 
set  forth. 


583.]  §  2.  That  the  City  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  file  a 

copy  of  this  ordinance  and  the  plat  and  certificate  hereto 
attached  in  the  Recorder’s  office  of  Marion  county,  for  record  at 
the  expense  of  the  said  Edwin  S.  Condit  Jr. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  12th  day  of  April,  A.  D. 
1893. 


J.  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 
Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


J.  G  Cormier’s  Addition. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

584-]  J-  G.  Cormick’s  sub-division  of  lots  eleven, 
thirteen  and  fifteen  of  Watson’s  Place,  as  laid  out  upon  the  south¬ 
west  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  seventeen, 
township  one  north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat 
thereof  filed  for  record  April  3rd,  A.  D.  1866,  and  recorded  in 
book  Z  of  records  on  page  240. 


2j6 


SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


A.  P.  Crosby’s  Addition. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

585-]  A.  P.  Crosby's  Addition  to  Centralia,  being  a  sub¬ 
division  of  the  east  half  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section 
nineteen,  township  one  north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third 
Principal  Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the 
plat  thereof  filed  for  record  March  22nd,  A.  D.  1854,  and 
recorded  in  book  H  of  records  on  page  328. 


DeL  ancey’s  Sub-  Di  VISION. 

9 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

586.]  W.  J.  A.  DeLancev’s  Sub-division  of  lot  four  in 
block  1 15  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company’s  Addi¬ 
tion  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat 
thereof  filed  for  record  November  14th,  A.  D.  1894,  and  recorded 
in  book  4  Miscellaneous  Records,  page  424. 


Simpson  Frazier’s  Addition. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

587.]  Simpson  Frazier’s  Addition  to  Centralia,  consisting 
of  various  lots  and  parcels  of  land  laid  out  upon  the  south 
half  of  the  southwest  quarter  of  section  seventeen,  town¬ 
ship  one  north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian, 
Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed 
for  record  March  6th,  1869,  and  recorded  in  book  Y  of  records 
on  page  198. 


PLATS  AND  SUB-DIVISIONS. 

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277 


George  Gragg’s 


SUB  Di  VISION 


ORDINANCE  No.  113. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 

Illinois: 

588.]  §  1.  That  the  plat  of  George  Gagg’s  sub-division 

of  the  south  half  of  the  northeast  fourth  (}()  of  the  south¬ 
west  fourth  and  the  southeast  fourth  ff)  of  the  southwest 
fourth  of  section  eight  (8),  town  one  north,  range  one  east  of 
the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  situated  in  the  City  of  Centralia, 
in  the  County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois,  certified  to  by 
James  M.  Robnett,  the  Surveyor,  and  signed,  sealed, 
acknowledged  and  delivered  by  the  owners  thereof  on  the  5th  day 
of  September,  A.  D.  1893,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved. 

589-]  §  2.  All  streets,  avenues  and  alleys  as  shown  upon 

said  plat  are  hereby  accepted. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  21st  day  of  September,  A. 
D.  1893. 

JAS.  BENSON,  Mayor. 

Attest:  H.  VAN  CLEVE,  City  Clerk. 


“Town  of  Centralia”  as  Laid  oitt  by  the  Illinois 
Central  Rail  Road  Company. 


[EXTRACT  FROM  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.  ] 

590.]  The  Town  of  Centralia,  as  laid  out  and  recorded  by  the 
Illinois  Central  Rail  Road  Company  on  section  number  eighteen, 
in  township  number  one  north,  range  number  one  east  of  the 
Third  Principal  .Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois,  consisting  of 


278 


SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


blocks  one  (1)  to  seventy-two  (72)  inclusive,  was  duly  platted 
and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  on  the  16th,  day  of  May, 
A.  D.  1855,  and  recorded  in  Record  Book  J,  on  page  604. 


Rail  Road  Addition  to  the  Town  of  Centralia  as 
Laid  out  by  the  Illinois  Central  Rail  Road 

Company. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

591.]  The  Rail  Road  Addition  to  the  Town  of  Centralia  as 
laid  out  by  the  Illinois  Central  Rail  Road  Company  on  section 
number  eighteen,  township  number  one  north,  range  number 
one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  Marion  County, 
Illinois,  consisting  of  block*  seventy-three  (73)  and  one  hundred 
and  thirty-four  (134),  inclusive,  and  blocks  A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  F, 
G  and  H,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  June 
24th,  A.  D.  1859,  and  recorded  in  Record  Book  P,  on  page  576. 


Centralia  as  Laid  out 
Daniel  Greooey  and 


by  C 1 1  a r l e s  Floyd- J o n e s 
Nathan  R.  Stickney. 


[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

592.]  Centralia  laid  out  by  Charles  Floyd-Jones,  Daniel 
Gregory  and  Nathan  R.  Stickney  on  the  southeast  quarter  of 
the  southeast  quarter  of  section  seven,  township  number  one 
north,  range  number  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian, 
Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed 
for  record  May  23rd,  A.  D.  1853*  and  recorded  in  Record  Book 
G,  page  489. 


PLATS  AND  SUH-DI VISIONS. 


279 


Centralia  as  Laid  out  by  Charles  Floyd-Jones, 
Isaac  McClelland,  George  Ehninger  and 

Simon  Spear. 


[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

593*  Centralia  laid  out  by  Charles  Floyd-Jones,  Isaac 
McClelland,  George  Ehninger  and  Simon  Spear,  on  the  west  half 
of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  number  nineteen,  township 
number  one  north,  range  number  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  Marion  county,  Illinois,  was  platted,  and  the  plat 
thereof  filed  for  record  November  4th,  1853,  in  Record  Book  H, 
on  page  90. 


Kerr’s  Elmwood  Addition. 


ORDINANCE  No.  73. 

An  Ordinance  Extending  the  Boundaries  of  the  City 
of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

594.]  §  1.  That  all  that  certain  tract  of  land  adjoining 

the  City  of  Centralia  which  was  duly  laid  off  in  town  lots  by  Mary 
A.  Kerr  and  duly  platted  and  recorded  as  “Kerr’s  Elmwood 
Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia”  as  required  by  law,  being  a 
part  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  section 
thirteen,  town  one  north,  range  one  west  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  situated  in  the  County  of  Clinton,  in  the  State  of 
Illinois,  with  all  the  lots,  blocks,  streets  and  alleys  of  said  addi¬ 
tion  be  and  is  hereby  declared  annexed  to  and  the  same  shall 
hereafter  form  a  part  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  shall  be  subject 
to  all  the  laws  and  ordinances  thereof. 


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SPECIAL  ORDINANCES. 


595*]  §  2.  That  all  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Central  :a 

known  as  Kerr’s  Elmwood  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia shall 
be  annexed  to  and  belong  to  the  First  Ward  of  said  City. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  Citj^ 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  14th  day  of  Octo¬ 
ber,  A.  D.  1891. 

HENRY  E.  RHODES,  Mayor. 
Attest:  FRANK  F.  NOEEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


Isaac  McClelland’s  Additions  No.  One  and  No 

1  wo. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

596.]  Isaac  McClelland’s  Additions  to  the  City  of  Cen¬ 
tralia  number  one  and  number  two,  as  laid  out  on  the  southwest 
quarter  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  section  seven,  township 
number  one  north,  range  number  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois.  The  said  Addition  number 
one  being  laid  out  on  the  southwest  part  of  quarter  quarter 
section,  and  said  Addition  number  two  being  laid  out  on  the 
southeast  part  of  quarter  quarter  section,  was  platted  and  the 
plat  thereof  filed  for  record  November  28th,  A.  D.  1865^  and 
recorded  in  Record  Book  V,  page  575. 


Meyers  and  MoCanoe’s  Addition. 

t 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

597.]  Meyers  and  McCance’s  Addition  to  the  City  of 
Centralia  as  laid  out  on  the  plat  of  ground  designated  as  “Num¬ 
ber  Two"  on  Commissioner’s  plat  of  the  west  half  of  the  south- 


PLATS  AND  SUB-DIVISIONS. 


28l 


east  quarter  of  section  seven,  township  number  one  north,  range 
number  one  eastof  tha  Third  Principal  Meridian,  Marion  County, 
Illinois,  was  platted,  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  on  May 
nth,  A.  D.  1891,  and  recorded  in  Book  4  of  Miscellaneous 
Records,  page  218. 


N  o  lem  an\s  Sub -Division. 


ORDINANCE  No.  120. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

59^.]  §  1  That  the  plat  of  Noleman’s  Sub-Division  of 

block  number  eighty-eight  [88]  of  the  Railroad  Addition  to  the 
City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  as  laid  out,  platted  and  acknowledged 
by  Anna  M.  Noleman,  bearing  date  December  the  12th,  A.  D. 
1893,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved. 

599.]  §  2.  All  streets  and  alleys,  as  shown  upon  said  plat, 

are  hereby  accepted  as  dedicated  to  the  city  for  the  use  of  the 
public. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set-  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal*]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  20th  day  of  December, 
A.  D.  1893. 

JAMES  BENSON,  Mayor. 
Attest:  H.  VAN  CEEVE,  City  Clerk. 


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Pa  reside  Sr  b-  Di  vision. 


ORDINANCE  No.  82. 


Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois  : 


600.]  §  1.  That  the  plat  of  Parksicle  Sub-Division  of 

Watson’s  Place,  a  copy  whereof  is  hereunto  annexed,  being  a 
sub-division  of  lots  twelve,  thirteen,  fourteen,  fifteen  and  sixteen 
and  eight  feet  of  the  west  side  of  lot  seventeen  of  Watson’s  Place, 
and  a  resub-division  of  lots  one,  two,  three,  four,  five,  six,  seven 
and  eight  of  J.  G.  Cormick’s  sub-division  of  lot  eleven  of  Watson’s 
Place,  said  Watson’s  Place  being  a  division  of  the  southwest 
quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  .section  seventeen,  town  one 
north,  range  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  situated 
in  the  City  of  Centralia,  County  of  Marion  and  State  of  Illinois, 
as  laid  out  and  platted  by  H.  T.  Cunningham,  Chauncey  House, 
T.  H.  Stonecipher,  S.  C.  Kelley,  John  H.  Gray  and  H.  G.  Heil, 
the  owners  and  proprietors  thereof,  and  said  sub-division  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  approved,  and  all  streets,  alleys,  common 
and  public  grounds  marked  and  designated  on  said  plat,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  accepted  for  the  public  use. 


In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,. this  18th  day  of  August,  A.  D. 
1892. 

J.  N.  KERR,  Mayor. 
Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


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Parkside  Sub-Division  No.  Two. 


ORDINANCE  No.  115. 

Be  it  Or  darned  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois: 

601. ]  §  1.  That  the  plat  of  Parkside  Sub-Division  Number 

Two  of  Watson’s  Place,  Centralia,  Illinois,  being  a  sub-division 
of  lots  seventeen  and  eighteen  of  Watson’s  Place,  as  laid  out, 
platted  and  acknowledged  by  James  M.  Robnett,  J.  C.  Procise, 
James  A.  Sanders  and  S.  W.  Snider,  bearing  date  the  15th  day 
of  September,  A.  D.  1893,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved. 

602.  $  2.  All  streets  and  alleys  as  shown  upon  said  plat 
are  hereby  accepted  as  dedicated  to  the  city  for  the  use  of  the 
public. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the 
[seal.]  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  4th  day  of  October, 
A.  D.  1893. 

JAMES  BENSON,  Mayor. 

Attest:  H.  VAN  CEEVE,  City  Clerk. 


Andrew  J.  Pearcy’s  Addition. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

603.]  Andrew  J.  Pearcy’s  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia 
as  laid  out  on  the  east  side  of  the  west  half  of  the  southwest 
quarter  of  section  seven,  township  number  one  north,  range 
number  one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  Marion 
County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for 
record  December  2nd,  A.  D.  1856,  and  recorded  in  Record  Book 
M,  page  300. 


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Joseph  S.  Probasco’s  Sub-Division. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

604.]  Joseph  S.  Probasco’s  sub-division  of  block  134  of 
the  Illinois  Central  Rail  Road  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for 
record  April  15th,  A.  D.  1884,  and  recorded  in  book  2  of  Miscel¬ 
laneous  Records,  page  525. 


Joseph  S.  Probasco’s  Sub-Division. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

605.]  Joseph  S.  Probasco’s.  sub-division  of  lots  one  and 
two  of  block  134  of  the  Illinois  Central  Rail  Road  Company’s 
Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  Marion  County,  Illinois,  was 
platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  September  9th,  A.  D. 
1884,  and  recorded  in  book  2  of  Miscellaneous  Records,  page  562. 


Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition. 


ORDINANCE  No.  67. 

An  Ordinance  Extending  the  Boundaries  of  the  City 
of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

606.]  §  1.  That  all  that  certain  tract  of  land  adjoining 

the  said  City  of  Centralia,  being  the  tract  of  land  which  has  been 
laid  off  into  town  lots  by  B.  Pullen  and  Thomas  P.  Hamm,  and 


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duly  recorded  as  “Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition’’  to 
the  City  of  Centralia  as  required  by  law,  and  the  track  of  land 
adjoining  the  tract  above  described  on  the  north  side  thereof, 
being  one  hundred  feet  in  width  and  nineteen  chains  and  sixty- 
eight  and  one-half  links  in  length,  and  known  and  described  as 
Miller  or  Fair  Ground  Avenue,  all  being  a  part  of  the  northeast 
quarter  of  the  northeast  quarter  and  a  part  of  the  southeast 
quarter  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  thirteen,  town  one 
north,  range  one  west  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  in  the 
County  of  Clinton,  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  is  hereby  declared 
annexed  to  and  shall  hereafter  be  deemed  and  taken  as  a  part  of 
the  blocks,  lots,  avenues,  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city,  and  shall 
hereafter  form  a  part  of  said  City  of  Centralia,  and  shall  be 
subject  to  all  the  laws  and  ordinances  in  force  in  said  city. 

607.]  §  2.  That  all  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Centralia 

known  as  Pullen  and  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition,  shall  be 
annexed  to  and  belong  to  the  Second  Ward. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  official  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  5th  day  of  June, 
A.  D.  1891. 

HENRY.  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 

Attest.  FRANK  F.  NOEEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


Rob n e t t ’ s  Addition. 


ORDINANCE  No.  49. 

An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Robnett’s  Addition. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

608.]  §  1.  That  all  that  tract  of  land  lying  in  the  north¬ 

west  corner  of  section  seventeen,  in  town  one  north,  and  range 


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one  east,  in  Marion  County,  and  known  and  described  and 
recorded  as  P.  H.  Robnett’s  Addition  to  Centralia,  is  hereby 
annexed  to  the  City  of  Centralia  and  shall  hereafter  be  deemed 
and  taken  as  a  part  of  the  blocks  and  lots  of  the  city,  by  their 
names  and  numbers  respectively,  and  shall  be  subject,  with  the 
streets  and  alleys,  to  all  the  laws  and  ordinances  now  in  force  in 
the  City  of  Centralia,  in  relation  to  blocks,  lots,  streets  and 
alleys. 

Approved  September  ist,  1868. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  seal  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  Illinois, 
[seal.]  this  2nd  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1868. 

SAMUEL  STORER,  Mayor. 

J.  C.  COOPER,  City  Clerk. 


Nellie  Skipworth’s  Sub-Division 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

609.]  Nellie  Skipworth’s  sub-division  of  the  north  half  of 
block  two  in  A.  J.  Pearcy’s  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia, 
Marion  County,  Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed 
for  record  July  23rd,  A.  D.  1884,  and  recorded  in  book  2  of 
Miscellaneous  Records,  page  547. 


Nellie  Skipworth’s  Sub-Division. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

610.]  Nellie  Skipworth’s  Sub-Division  of  the  north  half 
of  block  one  and  all  of  block  two  in  A.  J.  Pearcy’s  Addi¬ 
tion  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  Marion  county,  Illinois,  was 
platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  April  28th,  A.  D. 
1886,  and  recorded  in  Book  3  of  Miscellaneous  Records,  page 

95- 


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287 


Tower  (trove  Addition. 


ORDINANCE  No.  103. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois: 

61 1.]  §  1.  That  the  plat  and  survey  of  the  sub-division 

of  lots  five  (5)  and  nine  (9),  in  the  west  half  of  the  southeast 
quarter  (ff)  section  seven  (7),  township  one  (1)  north,  range  one 
(1)  east  of  the  Third  (3d]  Principal  Meridian,  to  be  known  as 
Tower  Grove  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  made  by  the  pro¬ 
prietors  thereof,  to-wit:  Janies  M.  Robnett,  G.  E.  Eis,  A. 
Harding  and  G.  Pierce  Duncan,  which  said  plat  is  dated  May  2, 
A.  D.  1893,  and  duly  acknowledged  by  said  parties  on  the  nth 
day  of  May,  1893,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  approved,  and  all 
streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds  in  said  plat  and  Surveyor’s 
certificate  and  instrument  of  acknowledgment  designated  as 
dedicated  to  the  public,  are  hereby  accepted. 

In  witness  whereof  J  have  hereunto  set  my  official  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  of  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  17th  day  of  May,  A. 
D.  1893. 

JAMES  BENSON,  Mayor. 

Attest:  H.  VAN  CEEVE,  City  Clerk. 


Watson’s  Place. 

! 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.] 

612.]  Watson’s  Place,  Centralia,  as  laid  out  by  George 
Watson  on  the  southwest  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of 
section  seventeen,  township  number  one  north,  range  number 


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one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  Marion  County,  Illinois, 
was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  on  June  2nd,  A.  D. 
1855,  and  recorded  in  Record  Book  J,  page  574. 


Willard’s  Sm- 1 )ivision. 

[EXTRACT  FROM  THE  RECORD  OF  MARION  COUNTY.  J 

613.]  Willard's  sub-division  of  block  one  hundred  and 
twenty-six  in  the  Railroad  Addition  toCentralia,  Marion  County, 
Illinois,  was  platted  and  the  plat  thereof  filed  for  record  on  July 
22nd,  A.  D.  1867,  and  recorded  in  Record  Book  X,  page  82. 


Naming  Alley  in  Block  80  Tate  and  Townsend 

Avenue. 


ORDINANCE  No.  53. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

614.]  §  1.  That  the  alley  in  block  number  thirty  of  the 

original  town  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  as  laid  out,  platted  and 
recorded  by  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  be  and 
hereby  is  named  and  designated  hereafter  as  Tate  and 
Townsend  Avenue. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  7th  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1890. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 
Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


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289 


Strip  of  Land 


Between  Sections  Eight  and 
Seventeen. 


ORDINANCE  No.  58. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois : 

615. ]  §  1.  That  the  following  described  strip  of  land  be 

and  the  same  is  hereby  declared  a  public  street,  to-wit:  A  strip  of 
land  two  rods  in  width,  commencing  at  the  eastern  extremity  of 
the  Walnut  street  extension  at  the  northeast  corner  of  the 
Robnett  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  running  thence 
east,  abutting  on  the  south  side  of  the  section  line  between 
section  eight  and  section  seventeen,  in  town  one  north,  range 
one  east  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  to  the  eastern  limit 
line  of  said  city,  where  it  crosses  said  section  line,  said  road 
being  one  hundred  and  thirty -three  and  one-third  (133^)  rods 
more  or  less  in  length. 

616. ]  §  2.  That  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys 

cause  a  survey  and  plat  of  the  foregoing  road  to  be  made  by  a 
competent  surveyor,  and  that  the  City  Clerk  file  the  same  in  the 
Recorder’s  office  of  Marion  County,  Illinois,  pursuant  to  the 
statute  in  such  cases  made  and  provided. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  20th  day  of  October,  A. 
D.  1890. 

HENRY  L.  RHODES,  Mayor. 

W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


Attest: 


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Rex  ford  Avenue. 


ORDINANCE  No.  77. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Ce?itralia , 

Illinois: 

617.]  §  1.  That  the  street  of  said  city  extending  along 

the  north  side  of  block  eight  as  laid  out  and  platted  by  the  Illinois 
Central  Rail  Road  Company  and  along  the  north  side  of  blocks 
C,  B,  A,  125,  126,  134,  133,  132  and  131  of  the  Illinois  Central 
Rail  Road  Company’s  Addition  and  along  the  north  side  of 
Robnett’s  Addition  and  the  extension  of  said  street  east  to  the 
eastern  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  the  western  portion  of 
which  is  now  known  and  designated  as  First  street,  and  a  part  of 
the  eastern  portion  as  Walnut  street,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
named  and  shall  hereafter  be  known  and  designated  throughout 
its  entire  extent  as  Rexford  Avenue,  anything  in  any  other 
ordinance  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  8th  day  of  January,  A. 

<  D.  1892. 

HENRY  L  RHODES,  Mayor. 

Attest:  FRANK  F.  NOLEMAN,  City  Clerk. 


Re  -  Naming  Streets. 


ORDINANCE  No.  92. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

618.]  §  1.  That  the  names  of  the  streets  hereinafter 

mentioned,  located  in  whole  or  in  part  in  Floyd- Jones,  Gregory 


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291 


and  Stiekney’s  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  changed  and  shall  hereafter  be  known  and  desig¬ 
nated  as  is  herein  specified.  That. is  to  say 

The  name  of  Elm  street  is  changed  to  Cormick  street. 

The  name  of  Locust  street  is  changed  to  Kell  street. 

The  name  of  Chestnut  street  is  changed  to  Howard  street. 

The  name  of  Washington  street  is  changed  to  Elm  street. 

The  name  of  Adams  street  is  changed  to  Noble  street. 

The  name  of  Jefferson  street  is  changed  to  McKee  street.. 

The  name  of  Madison  street  is  changed  to  Wilson  street. 

The  name  of  Monroe  street  and  the  street  lying  and  abutting 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Railroad  Addition  to  said  city,  extending 
from  Calumet  street  to  the  city  cemetery,  coinciding  in  part  with 
Monroe  street,  is  changed  to  and  hereafter  shall  be  known  and 
designated  as  Cemetery  Avenue. 

619. ]  §  2.  The  following  names  of  streets  in  Pearcy’s 

Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
changed  and  shall  hereafter  be  known  and  specified  as  is  herein¬ 
after  designated,  to-wit: 

The  name  of  First  street  is  changed  to  Rexford  Avenue. 

The  name  of  Second  street  is  changed  to  Welden  street. 

The  name  of  Third  street  is  changed  to  Parker  street. 

The  name  of  Fourth  street  is  changed  to  Johnson  street. 

The  name  of  Fifth  street  is  changed  to  Dimick  street. 

620. ]  §  3.  The  following  names  of  streets  in  Watson's 

Place  Addition  to  the  City  of  Centralia  are  changed  to  and  shall 
hereafter  be  known  and  designated  as  hereinafter  specified,  to-wit: 

The  name  of  North  street  is  changed  to  McCord  street. 

The  name  of  Main  street  is  changed  to  Noleman  street. 

The  name  of  South  street  is  changed  to  Morrison  street. 

621. ]  §  4.  The  name  of  Washington  Avenue  in  A.  P. 

Crosby’s  Addition  to  said  city  is  hereby  changed  to  Locust  street, 
and  the  name  of  Jefferson  Avenue  in  said  addition  is -hereby 
changed  to  Poplar  street. 

622. ]  §  5.  That  the  street  lying  and  abutting  on  the  east 

of  blocks  numbered  two,  five,  eight,  eleven,  fourteen,  seventeen 


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and  twenty  in  Floyd-Jones,  McClelland,  Ehninger  and  vSpears’ 
Addition  to  said  city  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  named  Walnut 
street;  and  that  the  street  lying  and  abutting  on  the  east  of  blocks 
numbered  one,  four,  seven,  ten,  thirteen,  sixteen,  nineteen  and 
twenty-two  in  said  addition  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  named 
Hickory  street. 

623.]  §  6.  That  the  street  lying  and  abutting  Frazier’s 

Addition  to  said  city  on  the  north  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
named  Frazier  Avenue. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused 
to  be  affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of 
[seal.]  Centralia,  Illinois,  this  8th  da>r  of  March,  A.  D. 
1893- 

JASPER  N.  KERR,  Mayor.  * 

Attest:  W.  F.  BUNDY,  City  Clerk. 


Vacating  Oak  and  other  Streets. 


.  ORDINANCE  No.  32,  R.  O.  1867. 

\ 

An  Ordinance  to  Vacate  Certain  Streets  in  the  City  of 
Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois : 

624.]  §  1.  That  all  that  part  of  Oak  Street  lying  and 

being  between  First  North  Street  and  Fourth  South  Street,  in 
the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the  County  of  Marion  and  State  of 
Illinois,  according  to  the  plat  of  said  city,  as  laid  out  and  record¬ 
ed  by  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  vacated  and  annulled,  and  the  same  is,  from  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance,  closed. 


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293 


625.]  §  2.  That  all  that  portion  of  Second  and  Third 

South  Streets,  in  the  City  of  Centralia  aforesaid,  laid  out  by  the 
Central  Railroad  Company  as  aforesaid,  and  being  between  the 
tracks  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  out  the  east  side  of  said 
Railroad,  and  the  first  alley  east,  and  which  alley  divides  blocks 
number  forty-five  and  fifty-two,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
declared  vacated  for  all  public  uses  and  purposes,  and  the  same 
are  hereby  closed  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

Approved  August  16,  1864. 


An  Ordinance  Repealing  a  Portion  of  Ordinance 
No.  32,  Revised  Ordinances  1867. 


ORDINANCE  No.  48. 

An  Ordinance  to  Amend  Ordinance  No.  32. 

Be  it  Ordahied  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois: 

626.]  §  1.  That  all  of  ordinance  number  thirty-two  of 

the  Revised  Ordinances  of  the  City^  of  Centralia,  except  so  much 
thereof  as  relates  to  that  part  of  Oak  street  lying  between  First 
North  street  and  Second  South  street,  is  hereby  repealed,  and 
said  streets  and  alleys  are  hereby  declared  to  be  open  to  the 
public  use.  Also  all  streets  north  of  First  North  street  are 
hereby  declared  open  to  public  use. 

Approved  September  1st,.  1868. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  City  seal  this  2nd  day  of  September, 
[seal]  1868. 

SAMUEE  STORER,  Mayor. 
Attest:  J.  C.  COOPER,  City  Clerk. 


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An  Ordinance  Repealing  Ordinance  No.  48. 

ORDINANCE  No.  53. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Central ia , 
Illinois: 

627.]  §  1.  That  ordinance  number  forty-eight  (48)  be 

and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  2d,  1869. 

Intestimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  city  seal  this  2nd  day  of  February,  A. 
[seal]  D.  1869. 

SAMUEL  STORER,  Mayor. 
Attest:  J.  C.  COOPER,  City  Clerk. 


An  Ordinance  Vacating  a  Portion  of  Fourth  and 
Sixth  South  and  other  Streets. 


ORDINANCE  No.  26,  R.  O.  1867. 

An  Ordinance  to  Vacate  Certain  Streets  in  the  City  of 
Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 
Illinois : 

228.]  §  1.  That  so  much  of  Fourth  and  Sixth  South  streets 

as  lie  between  Pine  and  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  city  are  hereby 
vacated,  and  also,  so  much  of  Cedar  street  as  lies  between  Third 
South  street  and  the  southern  boundary  of  the  city,  and  all  of 
Short  street  are  hereby  vacated:  Provided ,  the  street  on  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the  city  from  its  southern  terminus  to  Third 
South  street  be  opened  seventy  feet  in  width. 

Approved,  September  9,  1861. 


PLATS  AND  SUB-DIVISIONS. 


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Ax  Ordinance  Vacating 


Cedar  and  other  Streets. 


ORDINANCE  No.  63. 

An  Ordinance  to  Vacate  Certain  Streets  in  the  City 

of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Centralia , 

Illinois: 

629. ]  §  1.  That  so  much  of  Sixth  South  street  as  lies 

between  Pine  street  and  the  east  line  of  section  eighteen  in  the 
City  of  Centralia,  and  also  so  much  of  Ceder  street  as  lies 
between  Fifth  South  street  and  Calumet  street,  and  all  of  Short 
street  are  hereby  vacated. 

630. ]  §  2.  That  the  above  vacation  of  streets  is  made  in 

consideration  of  the  property  owners  of  blocks  numbered  ninety- 
one  (91)  and  ninety-two  (92)  in  the  Railroad  Addition  to  the  City 
of  Centralia,  ceding  and  conveying  to  the  City  of  Centralia  thirty- 
five  feet  in  width  of  land  off  the  east  side  of  said  blocks,  num¬ 
bered  ninety-one  (91)  and  ninety-two  (92),  extending  from 
Calumet  street  to  Fifth  South  street,  for  the  purpose  of  making  a 
street  seventy  feet  in  width  on  the  east  line  of  said  blocks,  from 
Calumet  street  to  Fifth  South  street,  the  same  to  be  recorded  as 
an  addition  to  the  thirty-five  foot  street  platted  and  recorded  by 
the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  on  the  east  side  of  said 
blocks. 

631-]  §  3-  Ordinance  number  twenty-six  (26)  is  hereby 

repealed. 

Approved  March  9th,  1871. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  hereunto  affix  my  name  and  the 
[seal.]  seal  of  the  city  this  9th  day  of  March,  1871. 

M.  C.  KEEL,  Mayor. 

Attest:  J.  H.  OXLEY,  City  Clerk. 


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■£ 


\ n  Ordinance  Vacating-  Alley  in  Block  C. 


ORDINANCE  No.  38. 

An  Ordinance  Vacating  a  Portion  of  a  Certain  Alley 
in  the  City  of  Centralia. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Central ia, 
Illinois: 

632.]  §  1.  That  so  much  of  the  alley  lying  north  of  block 

C  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  as  lies  west  of  the  intersection  of 
Hickory  street  and  east  of  the  intersection  of  Union  street  with 
said  alley,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vacated:  Provided ,  the 
owner  of  said  block  C  will  convey  to  said  City  of  Centralia  so 
much  of  said  block  as  may  be  necessary  for  a  full  width  contin¬ 
uation  of  Union  street  directly  through  said  block  until  it  shall 
intersect  Fourth  North  street,  said  conveyance,  and  recording  of 
the  same,  to  be  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  of  said  block. 

Approved  April  6th,  1875. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
caused  the  seal  of  the  city  to  be  affixed  this  7th 
[seal]  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1875. 

M.  C.  KEEL,  Mayor. 
Attest:  H.  G.  HAND,  City  Clerk. 


Illinois  Central  Railroad 
Company’s  Contract 

With  the  City  for  Water  Works. 


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Company’s  Contract  With  City  for  Water  Works. 


^33*]  This  Agreement,  made  and  entered  into  this  4th  day 
of  March,  A.  D.  1893,  by  and  between  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  Company,  a  corporation  organized  and  doing  business 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  first  part,  and 
the  City  of  Centralia,  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  party  of  the  second 
part, 

WITNESSETH,  That  whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part 
is  the  owner  of  certain  lands,  and  a  system  of  water  works  thereon 
situate,  consisting  of  a  dam  and  reservoir  in  the  channel  of 
Crooked  Creek,  pump  house,  boiler,  pump,  water  mains  and 
appurtenances  thereto,  in  and  adjacent  to  the  said  City  of 
Centralia,  all  of  which  is  hereinafter  particularly  described,  used 
by  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing 
various  departments  of  its  railroad  system  hereinafter  mentioned, 
in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  with  a  supply  of  water  in  pursuance 
of  the  powers  conferred  upon  it  by  its  charter; 

And  whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  is  interested  in 
having  the  facilities  for  obtaining  a  supply  of  water  for  its  use  as 
aforesaid,  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  largely  increased,  so  that  there 
shall  at  all  times  be  furnished  an  adequate  supply  of  water  for  its 
aforesaid  use  in  the  City  of  Centralia; 


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And  whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  is  empowered 
by  its  charter  and  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to  provide  the 
public  in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  including  said  party  of  the 
first  part,  with  an  adequate  supply  of  water,  and  to  that  end  has 
the  power  to  lease  for  a  term  of  years,  or  purchase,  the  said  lands 
and  the  said  system  of  water  works  situated  thereon,  belonging 
to  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  and  increase  the  capacity, 
enlarge  and  improve  the  same; 

And  whereas,  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  is  interested 
that  there  shall  at  all  times  be  furnished  to  the  public  an  adequate 
supply  of  water,  and  likewise  believes  that  such  interests*  will  be 
better  subserved  by  the  performance  of  this  contract; 

Now,  therefore,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  for,  and  in 
consideration  of  the  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter  made 
and  entered  into  by  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  for  itself, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  hereby  make  the  following  covenants 
and  agreements: 

First.  That  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  doth  hereby 
demise  and  lease  unto  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  the 
following  real  estate,  situated  in  the  County  of  Marion,  and 
State  of  Illinois,  more  particularly  described  as  follows,  to-wit: 

A  strip  of  land  two  hundred  (200)  feet  in  width,  being  one 
hundred  (100)  feet  wide  on  either  side  of  the  center  of  Crooked 
Creek,  beginning  at  the  west  line  of  the  northeast  quarter  of 
section  six  (6),  township  one  (1)  north,  range  one  (1)  east  of  the 
Third  Principal  Meridian,  thence  running  eastwardly  following 
the  coufse  of  the  creek  twelve  hundred  sixty  (1260)  feet  to  a  line 
fifty  feet  west  of  and  parallel  with  the  center  line  of  the  main 
track  of  the  party  of  the  first  part;  also  beginning  at  a  line  fifty 
feet  east  of  and  parallel  with  the  center  line  of  the  main  track  of  the 
party  of  thefirst  part,  thence  southeast  wardly  following  the  course 
of  the  creek  six  hundred  (600)  feet  to  the  south  line  of  land 
conveyed  to  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  by  J.  S-  Harvey,  deed 
dated  June  10th,  1873;  also  a  strip  of  land  one  hundred  (ioo)feet 
wide  lying  north  of  and  adjoining  the  center  of  said  Crooked 
Creek,  beginning  at  the  south  line  of  said  land  conveyed  by  said 


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Harvey,  thence  southeast wardly  one  thousand  (1000)  feet  to  the 
east  line  of  land  conveyed  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  by  J. 
Gall  and  wife,  by  deed  dated  March  8th,  1861. 

Also  a  piece  of  ground  on  which  the  pump  house  now 
stands,  bounded  as  follows:  On  the  east  by  a  line  west  of  and 
parallel  with  the  center  line  of  the  main  track  of  the  party  of 
the  first  part,  and  twenty  (20)  feet  distant  therefrom, 
on  the  south  by  a  line  fifty  (50)  feet  north  of  the  east  and  west 
line  running  through  the  center  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said 
section  six  (6)  and  parallel  thereto;  on  the  west  by  a  line 
parallel  with  the  said  east  boundary  and  sixty  (60)  feet  distant 
therefrom;  on  the  north  by  Crooked  Creek.  In  all  eleven  (n) 
acres  of  land  more  or  less,  shown  by  plat  hereto  attached  and 
marked  “Exhibit  A”;  together  with  such,  and  such  only  of  the 
buildings,  betterments,  fixtures  and  appurtenants  thereon 
situated,  as  are  hereinafter  specified,  mentioned  and  enumerated, 
that  is  to  say,  the  present  dam  across  the  channel  of  Crooked 
Creek,  and  the  reservoir  formed  therein,  the  one-story  brick 
building  and  the  chimney,  now  used  as  a  boiler,  pump  and  engine 
house,  situated  thirty  (30)  feet  west  of  the  main  track  of  the 
said  party  of  the  first  part  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet 
south  of  the  center  of  the  channel  of  the  said  Crooked  Creek. 

To  have  and  to  hold  said  demised  premises  for  and  during 
a  term  of  twenty  (20)  years,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of 
April,  A.  D.  1893,  and  ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  March, 
A.  D.  1913,  for  the  use  and  purpose  of  increasing  the  present 
system  of  water  works  thereon,  and  establishing  a  system  of 
water  works  that  will  at  all  times,  so  far  as  practicable,  furnish 
the  public,  including  the  party  of  the  first  part  at  the  City  of 
Centralia,  with  an  adequate  supply  of  water. 

Second.  The  said  party  of  the  first  part  doth  further 
demise  and  lease  unto  the  party  of  the  second  part  the  following 
described  machinery,  fixtures  and  appurtenances  used  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  present  system  of  water  works,  to-wit:  The 
14x7x10  water  pump,  furnace,  boiler  and  steam  fittings,  also  all 
guages,  pipes,  connections,  fixtures  and  appurtenances  used  in 
connection  with  the  said  boiler  or.  pump,  now  contained  in  the 


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aforesaid  brick  boiler  and  putnp  house;  also  fifty-five  hundred 
(5500)  feet  of  eight  (8)  inch  main  now  laid  on  the  right  of  way 
of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  betvyeen  the  said  Crooked  Creek 
and  Broadway  street  in  the  City  of  Centralia; 

To  have  and  to  hold  said  demised  machinery  and  appurten¬ 
ances  for  and  durin'g  such  a  portion  of  the  aforesaid  term  of 
twenty  (20)  years,  as  the  same  may  be  reasonably  safe  and 
serviceable  for  the  use  of  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  in 
connection  with  its  said  system  of  water  works  so  to  be  estab¬ 
lished, — the  termination  of  the  portion  of  said  term  to  be  made 
as  hereinafter  specified. 

Third.  That  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  and  law¬ 
fully  may  peaceably  and  quietly  have,  hold,  use  and  occupy, 
possess  and  enjoy  the  said  demised  premises  with  the  appurten¬ 
ances  enumerated  and  mentioned,  during  the  term  aforesaid, 
without  the  lawful  let,  suit,  trouble,  eviction,  molestation  or 
interruption  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  its  successors  or 
assigns,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Fourth.  That  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  have  the 
right,  privilege  and  authority  to  make  all  such  changes, 
additions,  removals  and  alterations  of  the  above  demised  premises , 
such  as  excavating  or  altering  the  channel  of  said  creek,  digging 
reservoirs  and  basins  for  additional  water  supplies  on  said  prem¬ 
ises,  altering,  remodeling,  removing  the  walls  of,  and  making 
additions  to  .said  brick  building  and  raising  the  height  of  said 
dam,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  said  party  of  the  second  part,  shall 
be  necessary  for  the  construction  and  successful  operation  of  its 
system  of  water  works. 

Fifth.  That  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  have  the 
right,  privilege  and  authority  to  remove  said  boiler,  pump  or 
any  of  the  fixtures  or  appurtenances  thereto,  to  any  other  part  of 
said  system  of  water  works,  also  to  take  up  and  remove  said 
water  mains  and  use  the  same  for  any  other  portion  of  said 
system,  using  due  care  and  caution  not  to  unnecessarily  injure 
the  same  in  said  removal. 


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Sixth.  Said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  have  the  right, 
privilege  and  authority  to  enter  upon,  and  lay  down  additional 
mains  beneath  the  surface  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  said  party  of 
the  first  part,  being  a  strip  of  land  two  hundred  (200)  feet  in 
width  at  any  portion  thereof  between  Crooked  Creek  and  Broad¬ 
way  Street  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  provided  that  in  doing  so 
due  care  shall  be  taken  not  to  unnecessarily  interfere  with  any  of 
the  tracks  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  and  wherever  said 
water  mains  are  laid  under  said  tracks,  the  tracks  shall  be 
placed  in  as  good  condition  as  they  were  before  said  mains  were 
laid,  provided  however,  that  all  work  done  upon  the  said  right  of 
way  shall  be  performed  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  and  under  the 
direction  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  if  the  party  of  the  first 
part  shall  so  elect,  it  may  cause  the  work  to  be  done  by  its 
employes;  and  in  case  the  work  is  so  done  the  party  of  the  second 
part  agrees  to  pay  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  the  actual  cost 
thereof. 

Seventh.  The  party  of  the  first  part  for  itself,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  grantees  and  lessees,  hereby  expressly  waives  any 
and  all  claims  for  damages  or  injuries  to  itself  or  them  which 
may  result  from  or  grow  out  of  the  flooding,  or  overflowing,  or 
backing  of  water  upon  the  lands  now  owned,  or  hereafter  acquired 
by  it,  as  the  result  of  the  construction  and  raising  the  height  of 
said  dam  on  Crooked  Creek,  or  the  establishment  of  said  system 
of  water  works. 

Eighth.  Said  party  of  the  first  part  will  at  once  construct 
and  maintain  at  its  own  expense  during  the  continuance  of  said 
term,  a  suitable  switch  track  or  siding,  on  the  west  side  of  its 
said  main  track  near  said  pump  house,  south  of  said  creek,  for 
the  loading  and  unloading  of  cars. 

Ninth.  That  for  and  during  the  continuance  of  this  con¬ 
tract,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  will  furnish  cars  at  any  point 
on  its  track  in  the  City  of  Centralia,  to  be  loaded  with  coal,  and 
haul  the  same  to  said  pump  house  at  the  uniform  rate  of  three 

dollars  ($3)  per  car,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  fuel  'for  the 
operation  of  said  system  of  water  works,  at  such  times  as  may  be 
necessary,  and  within  forty-eight  (48)  hours  after  being  requested 
so  to  do. 


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Tenth.  Should  said  party  of  the  second  part  at  any  time 
during  the  continuance  of  said  term  desire  more  land  for  the  use 
or  extension  of  its  said  system  of  water  works,  lying  contiguous 
to  the  said  demised  premises,  or  abutting  upon  said  Crooked 
Creek,  which  is  owned  by  said  party  of  the  first  part,  and  shall 
not  be  used  or  required  for  the  operation  of  its  Railroad,  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part  shall  have  the  right  to  lease  the  same 
for  the  balance  of  any  portion  of  said  term,  for  an  annual  rental 
of  six  (6)  per  cent,  upon  the  appraised  value  thereof,  to  be 
ascertained  and  determined  by  appraisers  chosen  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  appraisers  hereinafter  provided  for. 

Eleventh.  Said  party  of  the  first  part  shall  pay  as  month¬ 
ly  compensation  for  each  and  every  month  during  the  first  five 
(5)  years  of  said  term,  for  the  supply  of  water  herein  agreed  to 
be  furnished  to  it  by  tlie  said  party  of  the  second  part, 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($180),  less 
the  amount  of  interest  and  rent  for  the  use  of  the  premises  and- 
machinery  hereinafter  provided  to  be  pxid  by  the  party  of  the 
second  part  to  the  party  of  the  first  part,  such  balances  to  be 
payable  at  Centralia,  on  the  fifteenth  ( 1 5 )  day  of  each  month. 
The  amount  of  water  furnished  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  by 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part  during  the  first  five  (5)  years, 
shall  be  determined  by  a  meter  or  meters  to  be  furnished  and 
maintained  by  the  party  of  the  second  part;  the  average  monthly 
supply  in  gallons  shall  be  ascertained  therefrom,  and  the  price 
per  one  thousand  (1000)  gallons  ascertained  by  dividing  one 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($180)  by  the  number  of  thousands 
of  gallons  in  said  average  monthly  supply. 

Twelfth.  Said  party  of  the  first  part  shall  pay  as  monthly 
compensation  for  said  supply  of  water  so  to  be  furnished  it  by 
said  party  of  the  second  part,  for  and  during  each  and  every 
month  of  the  succeeding  fifteen  (15)  years  covered  by  this 
contract,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  dollars  ($ 180 )  for 
an  amount  of  water  equal  to  the  average  monthly  supply  for  the 
first  five  (5)  years  aforesaid,  and  an  additional  sum  for  all  the 
water  furnished  in  excess  of  said  amount,  at  a  price  per  one 
thousand  (1000)  gallons  equal  to  one-half  the  price  established 


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in  the  manner  above  stated:  Provided \  that  in  no  ease  the 
said  monthly  compensation  shall  be  less  than  one  hundred  and 
eighty  dollars  ($180);  but  the  moneys  payable  by  the  party  of 
the  second  part  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  by  way  of  rent  or 
interest  for  the  use  of  the  premises  and  machinery  hereby 
demised,  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
amounts  thus  accruing  monthly  to  the  party  of  the  second  part, 
and  the  balance  only  shall  be  payable  from  the  party  of  the  first 
part  011  the  fifteenth  (15th)  day  of 'each  month. 

Thirteenth.  Said  party  of  the  first  part  will,  in  the 
use  of  the  supply  of  water  so  to  be  furnished  it  by  the  said  party 
of  the  second  part,  be  economical  and  careful  not  to  waste  the 
same,  and  will  prepare,  adopt  and  enforce  such  needful  rules 
among  its  employes  as  will  prevent  the  waste  of  said  water  or 
the  using  of  more  than  is  reasonably  necessary  for  legitimate 
purposes. 

Fourteenth.  The  party  of  the  second  part  shall  have  the 
right  to  construct  upon  the  premises  of  the  party  of  the  first 
part  such  catch  baisins  and  to  lay  such  pipes  as  may  be  necessary 
to  save  and  collect  for  its  own  use  any  waste  water  not  required 
for  the  use  of  the  party  of  the  first  part,  derived  from  the  supply 
furnished  by  the  party  of  the  second  part,  but  the  location  of  all 
such  catch  basins  and  pipes  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  party  of  the  first  part,  and  all  the  conditions  and  require¬ 
ments  of  section  six  Hereinbefore  contained,  shall  apply  to  and 
be  carefully  observed  in  the  doing  the  work  of  constructing  and 
laying  the  same. 

The  said  party  of  the  second  part  for  and  in  consideration  of 
the  foregoing  covenants  and  agreements  on  the  part  of  the  said 
party  of  the  first  part,  its  successors  and  assigns,  hereby  makes 
the  following  covenants  and  agreements: 

First.  That  it  will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  proceed  to 
establish  a  system  of  water  works  upon  said  demised  premises 
and  elsewhere  in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  for  the  purpose  of 
supplying  the  public,  including  the  said  party  of  the  first  part, 
as  hereinafter  specified,  in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  with  an 


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adequate  supply  of  water;  and  to  that  end  and  for  that  purpose 
it  will  alter,  improve  and  increase  the  said  system  of  water 
works  herein  demised,  improving  and  increasing  the  capacity  of 
the  reservoir  formed  in  the  channel  of  Crooked  Creek,  by  raising 
the  top  of  said  dam  to  within  about  four  (4)  feet  of  the  top  of 
said  creek  banks,  by  purchasing  and  erecting  another  large 
boiler  and  pump,  also,  a  large  stand  pipe  and  suitable  water 
mains  to  be  erected  and  placed  so  that  an  adequate  supply  of 
water  may  be  furnished  to  the  public  and  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part,  at  convenient  points  in  the  said  City  of  Centralia,  and  from 
time  to  time  during  the  continuance  of  this  contract  increase  its 
said  system  of  water  works  and  its  facilities  for  furnishing  water, 
as  the  demands  for  the  same  and  the  consumption  thereof  shall 
require. 

Second.  That  it  will  furnish  to  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part  during  the  continuance  of  this  contract  an  adequate  supply 
of  water  of  such  quality  as  Crooked  Creek  affords,  for  the  use  of 
its  engines  and  for  its  general  use  in  and  about  its  station  and 
yards,  including  the  north  yard,  railroad  shops,  engine  house, 
station  house  and  hotel,  hydrants  for  washing  coaches,  and  all 
hydrants  necessary  for  fire  protection:  Provided ,  however ,  that 
no  water  shall  ever  be  taken  by  said  party  of  the  first  part  from 
said  system  of  water  works  to  be  conveyed  in  water  trains,  tanks 
or  otherwise,  to  supply  other  points  on  its  said  railroad  system, 
or  to  be  used  for  any  other  purposes  than  above  indicated, 
except  under  expressed  permission  from  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  and  additianal  compensation  therefor,  and  the  said 
party  of  the  second  part  reserves  the  right  to  refuse  to  furnish 
any  such  additional  supply  of  water  whenever  it  shall  be  of  the 
opinion  that  the  same  will  endanger  its  ability  to  furnish  the 
public  in  the  City  of  Centralia  with  an  adequate  supply  of  water, 
or  to  perform  its  obligations  under  this  contract. 

Third.  That  it  will  pay  unto  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part  as  monthly  rent  during  the  continuance  of  this  contract  for 
the  use  of  the  real  estate  hereinbefore  described,  including  said 
present  dam,  brick  building  and  water  rights,  the  sum  of  eleven 
dollars  aiid  sixty-three  cents  ($11.63)  for  each  and  every  month, 


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— the  amount  of  said  rent  to  be  deducted  from  the  amount  due 
the  said  party  of  the  second  part  from  the  party  of  the  first  part 
for  water  supplied,  as  hereinbefore  provided  in  sections  eleven 
and  twelve  of  this  contract. 

Fourth.  That  for  and  during  the  first  five  (5)  years  of 
said  term,  it  shall  pay  to  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  as 
monthly  compensation  for  the  use  of  said  boiler,  pump,  water 
mains  and  other  fixtures  and  appurtenances  hereinbefore  demised, 
the  sum  of  thirty-three  dollars  ($33)  for  each  and  every  month, 
— the  amount  of  said  compensation  for  machinery  and  appurten¬ 
ances  also  to  be  deducted  from  the  amount  due  the  said  party  of 
the  second  part  from  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  for  water 
furnished. 

Fifth.  That  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  term  of  five  (5) 
years  and  of  each  and  every  succeeding  period  of  five  (5)  years 
during  the  continuance  of  the  use  of  said  boiler,  pump,  water 
mains,  fixtures  and  appurtenances,  they  shall  be  appraised,  and 
said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  pay  as  monthly  compensation 
for  the  next  ensuing  period  of  five  (5)  years  for  the  use  thereof, 
a  sum  equal  to  one-half  (%)  of  one  (1)  per  cent,  upon  such 
appraised  valuation,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of each  and  every  month 
in  each  year. 

Sixth.  Whenever  any  of  the  said  articles  mentioned  in  the 
preceding  clause  shall  become  so  worn  out,  decayed  or  dilapi¬ 
dated  as  to  be  of  no  further  service  to  the  said  party  of  the  second 
part  in  connection  with  its  said  system  of  water  works,  it  shall  at 
once  notify  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  of  that  fact,  and  if  so 
required  by  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  upon  the  receipt  of 
thirty  (30)  days  written  notice,  it  shall  deliver  the  same  to  the 
said  party  of  the  first  part  on  the  premises  where  the  same  is 
situate,  and  from  and  after  so  notifying  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part,  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  be  allowed  to  deduct 
from  said  monthly  compensation  an  amount  equal  to  one-lialf 
()4)  of  one-  (1)  per  cent,  upon  the  valuation  of  the  articles  so 
worn  out,  decayed  or  dilapidated,  as  ascertained  by  the  last 
preceding  appraisment  thereof. 


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Seventh.  That  it  will  make  such  repairs  upon  said 
demised  premises  as  are  necessary  to  preserve  the  same  for  its 
said  use,  but  will  not  replace  any  of  the  machinery,  pump,  boiler, 
water  mains,  pipes,  fixtures  and  appurtenances  herein  demised 
when  the  same  are  worn  out,  decayed,  or  dilapidated,  and  at  the 
expiration  of  said  term  will  deliver  up  said  demised  premises  to 
said  party  of  the  first  part  in  as  good  condition  as  the  same  are 
now,  ordinary  wear  and  tear,  deterioration  from  age  and  use,  and 
such  alterations  as  provided  for  in  this  contract  excepted. 

Eighth.  The  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  and  will 
also  pay  all  taxes  and  assessments,  ordinary  or  extraordinary, 
general  or  special,  which  shall  be  imposed  upon  the  said 
demised  premises  and  their  appurteuances,  or  any  part  thereof, 
or  the  buildings  and  improvements  placed  thereon,  including  all 
additional  land  that  may  be  hereafter  leased  to  or  furnished  for 
the  use  of  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  pursuant  to  the  terms 
of  this  agreement,  during  the  continuance  of  the  tenancy  hereby 
created,  or  so  long  as  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  continue 
in  the  use  and  enjoyment  of  the  said  lands  and  premises,  and  the 
party  of  the  second  part  shall  and  will  also  protect  and  save 
harmless  the  party  of  the  first  part  from  and  against  all  claims 
for  loss,  injury  or  damage,  that  may  be  made  or  preferred  by  any 
person  or  persons,  on  account  of  the  raising  of  the  dam  aforesaid, 
or  for  any  other  reason  directly  or  necessarily  growing  out  of 
this  contract,  except  from  the  negligent  acts  of  the  said  party  of 
the  first  part. 

It  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed  by  and 
between  said  parties  hereto: 

Ninth.  That  the  title  of  all  machinery,  betterments, 
pumps,  boilers,  appurtenances,  pipes  and  fixtures,  which  may 
be  placed  by  said  party  of  the  second  part  upon  said  demised 
premises,  or  any  of  the  land  of  the  said  party  of  the  first  part, 
shall  remain  in  said  party  of  the  second  part,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  the  same  may  have  been  attached  to  the  realty,  and 
at  the  expiration  or  termination  of  this  contract  the  said  party  of 
the  second  part  shall  have  the  right,  privilege  and  authority  at 
any  time  within  ninety  (90)  days  thereafter,  to  enter  into  and 


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upon  the  said  premises,  sever  and  remove  the  same,  conditioned 
however  upon  its  giving  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  ninety  (90) 
days  notice  in  writing  of  its  intention  to  sever  and  remove  that 
portion  of  the  main  pipe  laid  between  the  said  pumping  works 
and  engine  house  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  south  of  Broad- 
wav  street. 


Tenth.  Should  the  parties  hereto  elect  not  to  renew  this 
contract  at  the  expiration  of  said  term,  then  the  said  party  of  the 
first  part  shall  purchase  the  permanent  improvements  other  than 
machinery,  etc.,  which  it  is  herein  provided  that  said  party  of  the 
second  part  shall  have  a  right  to  remove,  provided,  however, 
that  such  permanent  improvements  shall  be  of  a  kind  and  quality 
as  are  reasonable  fit  and  suitable  for  such  a  system  of  water 
works  as  the  party  of  the  first  part  may  require  at  that  time,  and 
if  said  parties  shall  be  unable  to  agree  upon  the  value  thereof, 
then  said  parties  shall  each  select  an  appraiser  who  shall  select  a 
third,  neither  of  whom  shall  be  an  employee  or  stockholder  of 
the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  or  an  inhabitant  of  the  said  City 
of  Central ia,  who  shall  appraise  such  permanent  improvements, 
other  than  machinery,  etc.,  hereinbefore  mentioned,  which  may 
have  been  made  upon  said  demised  premises  by  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  and  thesaid  party  of  the  first  part  shall  pay  unto  the 
said  party  of  the  second  part  such  a  sum  as  the  majority  of  said 
appraisers  shall  determine  as  the  value  of  said  improvements. 

Eleventh.  That  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  not  be 
held  responsible  for  a  failure  to  perform  its  part  of  this  contract 
or  to  furnish  said  supply  of  water  wnen  prevented  by  fire,  the  act 
of  God  or  public  enemies,  o;  by  injunction  or  other  process  of  a 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  provided  such  injunction  or 
other  process  be  not  collusive. 

Twelfth.  That  in  case  of  a  failure  of  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part  to  furnish  said  supply  of  water,  it  shall  pay  as 
damages  therefor  such  a  sum  as  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall 
have  been  compelled  to  expend  to  obtain  an  adequate  supply  of 
water  elsewhere  during  the  time  of  said  failure,  and  none  other. 


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It  is  further  covenanted  and  agreed  by  and  between  the  said 
parties  hereto,  that  if  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall 
negligently  and  continuously  fail  for  thirty  (30)  days  to  furnish 
.  unto  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  the  adequate  supply  of  water 
provided  for  in  the  foregoing  articles,  the  party  of  the  first  part 
may,  at  its  election,  take  possession  of  said  system  of  water  works 
and  operate  the  same  at  its  own  expense,  and  for  its  own  exclu¬ 
sive  benefit,  until  said  party  of  the  second  part  shall  be  prepared 
to  resume  the  control  and  operation  of  the  same  and  perform  its 
9  covenants  herein  contained,  and  said  party  of  the  first  part  shall 
have  its  said  supply  of  water  free  of  charge  while  so  operating 
said  system,  but  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to 
work  a  forfeiture  of  the  property  rights  of  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  except  for  such  a  time  as  it  shall  neglect  or  fail  to 
perform  its  part  of  this  contract. 

Thirteenth.  All  covenants  and  agreements  herein 
contained  by  the  party  of  the  first  part  shall  extend  to  and  be 
obligatory  upon  its  successors  and  assigns. 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  The  said  Illinois  Central  Rail¬ 
road  Company  has  caused  to  be  signed  its  corporate  name  by  its 
President,  and  to  be  affixed  its  corporate  seal,  attested  by  its 
Secretary,  and  the  said  City  of  Centralia  has  caused  to  be  signed 
its  corporate  name  by  its  Mayor,  and  to  be  affixed  its  corporate 
seal,  attested  by  its  City  Clerk,  to  these  duplicate  originals  of 
this  contract,  this  14th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1893. 

ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  RAILROAD  COMPANY, 
[seal.]  ,  By  Stuyvesant  Fish,  President. 

Attest;  John  Dunn,  Assistant  Secretary. 

CITY  OF  CENTRALIA, 

[seal]  By  J.  N.  Kerr,  Mayor. 

Attest:  W.  F.  Bundy,  City  Clerk. 


CLERK’S  CERTIFICATE. 


SS. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

CITY  OF  CENTRALIA.  j 

I,  John  J.  Bundy,  City  Clerk  in  and  for  the  City  of  Centra- 
lia,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  extracts  from  the 
records  of  the  City  Council  in  and  for  said  City  of  Centralia  are 
true  and  correct  copies  of  said  Records,  that  the  foregoing 
Chapters,  numbered  one  to  forty-eight,  inclusive,  styled  “General 
Ordinances”,  were  compiled  and  revised  by  Frank  F.  Noleman 
and  William  F.  Bundy,  pursuant  to  a  resolution  regularly 
adopted  by  said  City  Council,  that  said  Chapters  were  on  the  7th 
day  of  April,  1896,  regularly  adopted  and  passed  by  said  City 
Council  as  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 
deposited  in  my  office  and  afterwards,  on  the  22nd  day  of  April, 
1896,  duly  approved  and  signed  as  such  by  Jasper  N.  Kerr, 
Mayor  in  and  for  said  City;  that  the  foregoing  Special  Ordi¬ 
nances,  relative  to  Franchises,  Plats,  Sub-Divisions,  Naming 
Streets,  Eltc.,  include  all  the  Special  Ordinances  now  in  force  in 
said  City. 

I  furthermore  certify  that  I  am  the  lawful  custodian  and 
keeper  of  the  Records  of  the  City  of  Centralia,  and  that  the 
foregoing  Revised  Ordinances,  Special  Ordinances  and  copy  of 
the  contract  between  the  City  of  Centralia  and  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad  Company  are  true  and  correct  copies  of  the 
originals  of  the  same,  which  originals  are  now  on  file  in  my 
office. 

I  further  certify  that  said  copy  of  the  Records,  Revised 
Ordinances,  Special  Ordinances  and  Contract  were  compiled, 
published  and  printed  in  this  book  form  by  order  and  authority 

of  the  City  Council  in  and  for  the  Citv 

*  r 

of  Centralia,  pursuant  to  the  statutes  in 
such  cases  made  and  provided. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto 
set  my  official  hand  and  laffixed  the 
corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Centralia, 
this  1st  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1896. 

JOHN  J.  BUNDY, 

City  Clerk. 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


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INDEX  TO  DAWS. 


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INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


Accounts. 

Clerk  to  keep  all  papers,  etc . 

Treasurer  to  keep  account  of  separate  funds . 

Record  of  bonds,  etc . 

Appeal  to  finance  committee,  where  in  dispute 
Actions. 

To  recover  fines,  etc. — how  brought . 

Summons,  affidavit,  etc . 

Advertisements. 

Power  of  Council  to  regulate . 

Aldermen. 

May  he  elected  on  general  ticket . 

Number  of,  and  term  of  office .! . 

Vacancy,  how  filled . . . • 

Qualifications,  when  eligible,  etc . 

May  be  expelled  from  office,  when . 

May  defer  committee  report,  how . 

May  call  special  Council  meetings . 

At  first  election  to  be  classified . 

Under  minority  plan . -. . 

Power  as  conservators  of  the  peace . 

Compensation  of,  limitation . 

Amusements. 

Power  to  regulate  or  prevent . 


SECTION. 

.  84 

.  96 

.  109 

.  Ill 

.  67 

.  69 

.  65 

.  7 

. 31-32 


34 

36 

44 

46 

53 

54 
86 

88 

63 


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INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


Animals,  Domestic.  section. 

Regulate  speed,  running  at  large,  cruelty  to,  etc .  63 

An  act  granting  power  to  cities,  in  regard  to . .  63 

Appointments. 

Of  persons  to  revise  ordinances .  29 

Mayor  to  appoint  officers,  etc .  77 

Appropriations. 

Made  by  yea  and  nay  vote  only .  42 

Mayor  may  veto .  47 

Ordinance  to  be  published .  65 

When  made,  additional  how  made,  etc . 92 

Limitation  of. . ’ .  93 

Arrests. 

Constables  or  Sheriff  may  make . .. . . .  71 

Power  of  certain  officers .  86 

Ashes. 

Deposit  of,  regulated . . 63 

Attorney  of  city. 

Election  of .  50 

Auctioneers. 

Power  to  regulate .  63 

Awnings. 

Power  to  regulate .  63 

Ball  Alleys. 

Power  to  regulate . 63 

Ball  Playing. 

Power  to  prevent  and  regulate .  63 

Banners. 

Power  to  regulate  carrying  of,  etc .  63 

Billiard  Tables. 

Power  to  regulate  or  prohibit .  63 

Board  of  Health. 

Appointment  of,  powers,  etc . . . .  63 

Boilers. 

Power  to  regulate  and  inspect .  63 

Bonds. 

Power  of  Council  to  issue,  etc . : . .  63 

To  be  given  by  all  officers,  how  approved,  etc .  78 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


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SECTION. 


City  Clerk  to  keep  record  of . . . - .  109 

Bone  Factories. 

Power  to  regulate .  . . .  63 

Bribery. 

Conviction  disqualifies  for  Alderman . .  36 

Penalty . 82 

Brick. 

May  cause  inspection  of . .  63 

Bridges. 

—  • 

Power  to  regulate,  etc .  63 

Broker  and  Money  Changer. 

Power  to  regulate . 63 

Buildings. 

Power  to  regulate .  63 

Cellars. 

Power  of  Council  over . 63 

Cemeteries  and  Interments. 

Power  to  establish,  regulate,  etc._ .  63 

Census. 


Authority  to  take . . . . . . . . 

Cisterns. 

May  regulate  their  construction  and  use . 

Cities. 

General  incorporation  act,  how  adopted . . 

How  a  town  may  become  a  city . 

Organizing,  petition,  election,  result . . 

Judicial  notice  taken  of,  prior  laws  in  force,  when . 

Corporate  name,  powrers . 

Prior  ordinances  in  force,  etc.,  not  affected . 

Rights  and  property  of  old  to  vest  in  new . 

Record  of  result  of  election . . . 

Number  of  Aldermen  . . . , . 

Indebtedness  not  to  exceed,  etc . 

Fiscal  year  of . . . 

City  Council. 

To  submit  question  of  incorporation  under  general  law.. 

Canvass  returns  of  election  on  organization . 

May  elect  Mayor  pro  lent . . . . 


63 

63 

1 

4 

5 

6 

10 

1 1 

12 

13 
3i 

63 

91 

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O 

18 


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SECTION. 


May  disapprove  of  removal  of  appointed  officer .  21 

Fix  compensation  of  revisers  of  ordinances .  29 

How  composed .  30 

Judge  of  election  and  qualification  of  its  members .  35 

May  punish  its  members — equal  number  .  36 

Determine  its  own  rules . 36 

A  majority  of  shall  constitute  a  quorum .  37 

May  compel  presence  of  absentees .  37 

Meetings  of. .  38* 

May  elect  temporary  chairman .  39 

Shall  sit  with  open  doors .  40 

Journal  of .  41 

Yeas  and  nays — when  taken . .  42 

Not  to  rescind  vote  at  special  meeting  unless,  etc .  43 

When  committee  report  laid  over .  44 

Territorial  jurisdiction  of. . . .  45 

Special  meetings  of — how  called .  46 

Shall  designate  places  of  election .  57 

Shall  give  notice  of,  and  appoint  judges  and  clerks .  57 

Shall  canvass  election  returns  and  declare  results .  58 

Cause  result  of  election  to  be  entered  on  its  journals .  .  5& 

To  control  finances  of  the  corporation .  1]  63 

Appropriate  money  for  corporate  purposes .  2]  63 

Levy  and  collect  taxes . . .  3]  63 

Fix  the  amount,  terms,  etc.,  of  licenses .  4]  63 

Borrow  money  and  issue  bonds .  5]  63 

Levy  taxes  to  pay  indebtedness .  5]  63 

Issue  bonds  in  place  of  maturing  bonds .  6]  63 

Open,  alter  and  improve  streets,  alleys,  etc .  7]  63 

Plant  trees  upon  streets .  8]  63 

Regulate  use  of  streets . ! .  9]  63 

Remove  encroachments  or  obstructions  from . 10]  63 

Provide  for  lighting  streets . 11]  63 

Provide  for  cleansing  streets . 12]  63 

Regulate  openings  in  streets,  etc . 13]  63 

Regulate  use  of  sidewalks . 14]  63 

Require  removal  of  snow  or  other  obstructions . 14]  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


3*9 

SECTION. 

Prevent  depositing  of  ashes,  etc.,  in  street,  etc . 15]  63 

Provide  for  cross-walks,  curbs  and  gutters . 16]  63 

Regulate  signs,  awnings,  telegraph  poles,  etc . 17]  63 

Regulate  banners,  placards  and  advertisements . 18]  63 

Regulate  and  prevent  flying  of  flags,  etc . 19]  63 

Regulate  traffic  and  sales  upon  streets,  etc . 20]  63 

Regulate  speed  of  animals  and  locomotives . 21]  63 

Regulate  numbering  of  houses  and  lots . 22]  63 

Name  and  change  the  name  of  streets . 23]  63 

Permit  and  regulate  laying  of  horse  railroad  tracks  .24]  63 

Change  location  of  grade  and  railroad  crossings . 25]  63 

Powers  of  Council  over  railroad  companies . 26-27]  63 

Construct  bridges,  viaducts,  tunnels,  etc . 28]  63. 

Construct  and  repair  culverts,  drains,  sewers,  etc . 29]  63 

%  Provide  for  cleansing  water  courses,  filling  ponds . 40]  63 

License,  tax  and  regulate  certain  occupations . 41-44]  63 

To  suppress  bawdy  and  gambling  houses . 45]  63 

Prohibit  sale  of  obscene  books,  prints,  etc . 45]  63 

License  and  regulate  sale  of  liquor . 46]  63 

Punish  selling  or  giving  liquors  to  minors,  etc . 48]  63 

To  establish  market  and  market  houses . 49]  63 

Power  to  regulate  sale  of  provisions . 50]  63 

Punish  forestalling  and  regrating . 51]  63 

Regulate  thy  sale  of  bread . 52]  63 

Provide  for  inspection  of  provisions . 53]  63 

Inspection  of  articles  of  merchandise . 54]  63 

Inspection  and  sealing  of  weights  and  measures . 55]  63 

Enforce  keeping  proper  weights  and  measures . 56]  63 

Regulate  construction,  use  of  vaults  and  cisterns . 57]  63 

Regulate  places  of  amusement . . ; . 58]  63 

Prevent  intoxication,  fighting,  etc . 59]  63 

Regulate  partition  fences  and  party  walls . 60]  63 

Regulate  construction  of  buildings,  fire  escapes . 61]  63 

Power  to  prescribe  fire  limits . 62]  63 

Prevent  dangerous  construction  of  chimneys,  etc . 63]  63 

Provide  engine  houses  and  fire  engines . 64]  63 

Regulate  storage  of  combustibles  and  fire  works  . 65]  63 


320 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 

Regulate  the  police  of  the  city . 66-68]  63 

Provide  for  the  inspection  of  steam  boilers . 67]  63 

Establish  calabooses  and  work-houses . 69]  63 

Use  county  jail  for  confinement  of  offenders . 70]  63 

To  regulate  the  relation  between  officers,  etc . 71]  63 

Prevent  and  suppress  riots,  routs,  affrays . 72]  63 

Punish  cruelty  to  animal . 73]  63 

Punish  vagrants,  mendicants  and  prostitutes . 74]  63 

To  define  and  abate  nuisances . _ . 75]  63 

Appoint  Board  of  Health . _ . 76]  63 

Establish  hospitals  and  medical  dispensaries . 77]  63 

Make  health  regulations . 78 J  63 

Establish,  regulate  and  remove  cemeteries . 79}  63 

Prohibit  stock  running  at  large . 80]  63 

Impose  tax  on  dogs . 80]  63, 

Regulate  packinghouses,  renderies,  etc . 81]  63 

Regulate  breweries,  distilleries,  livery  stables,  etc . 82]  63 

Prohibit  offensive  or  unwholesome  business . 83]  63 

Compel  removal  of  unwholesome  business . 84]  63 

Power  to  take  census . 85]  63 

Provide  for  the  erection  of  public  buildings . 86]  63 

Establish  ferries  and  toll  bridges . 87]  6 

Extend  streets  or  sewers  through  railroad  land . 89]  6 

Grant  privilege  to  lay  railroad  track  only  on  petition  90]  63 

License  and  regulate  auctioneers,  etc . 91]  63 

Regulate  the  rolling  of  hoops,  playing  of  ball,  etc . 92]  63 

Regulate  lumber  yards . 93]  63 

Provide  for  furnishing  supplies  by  contract . 94]  63 

License  and  regulate  second-hand  and  junk  stores . 95]  63 

Pass  all  necessary  ordinances . 96]  63 

Jurisdiction  over  waters,  street  labor .  72 

Provide  for  street  labor .  73 

Commutation  for  street  labor . .  73 

May  provide  fines  and  penalties .  74 

Council  to  be  elected .  75 

Create  and  discontinue  offices .  76 

May  define  powers  and  prescribe  duties  of  officers .  77 


3 

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INDEX  TO  LAWS- 


321 


SECTION. 

Journal  of,  kept  by  City  Clerk .  84 

Fix  compensation  of  Mayor,  etc . - . 87-88 

Pass  annual  appropriation  bill .  92 

Order  improvements  after  appropriation  is  made .  93 

Make  temporary  loans,  when . .  93 

Provide  for  payment  of  judgments .  93 

Contracting  liabilities  limited .  94 

Deposit  of  city  funds . 99 

City  Clerk. 

Ordinances  to  be  deposited  in  office  of .  47 

When  to  be  elected . . . . .  50 

Returns  of  election  made  to . i.„ .  58 

To  notify  persons  elected  or  appointed  to  office .  60 

When  may  call  special  election .  61 

Certify  to  ordinances .  66 

Oaths  and  bonds  of  officers  to  be  filed  with .  78 

Bond  to  be  filed  with  Treasurer .  78 

Receive  certificate  of  his  election  from  Mayor .  79 

Sign  commissions  of  city  officers . .  79 

Not  to  hold  other  office . .  83 

Shall  attend  meetings  of  City  Council,  etc . .  84 

Record  all  ordinances .  85 

May  administer  oaths . , .  90 

Give  receipts  to  Collector .  103 

Perform  duties  of  Comptroller,  when . 108-109 

May  appoint  clerks  and  subordinates .  112 

Insurance  companies  to  render  account  to .  113 

City  Treasurer. 

When  elected .  50 

Not  eligible  for  two  terms  in  succession .  50 

To  be  elected .  75 

Bond  of .  78 

Not  to  hold  any  other  office .  83 

Duties  of. .  95 

Books  and  accounts  of,  subject  to  inspection .  95 

Shall  keep  separate  accounts  of  each  fund .  96 

Shall  give  receipts,  and  file  copies  of  the  same .  97 


322 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 


Monthly  statements  of,  warrants,  vouchers,  register .  98 

Deposit  of  funds,  separate  from  his  own .  99 

Not  to  use  corporation  moneys  for  his  own  benefit .  99 

May  be  removed  from  office  by  City  Council .  99 

Annual  report  of . . . . . .  100 

Warrants  drawn  upon .  101 

To  keep  special  assessment  funds  separate .  102 

Council  may  impose  other  duties .  110 

May  appeal  to  Finance  Committee .  1 1 1 

May  appoint  clerks  when  authorized,  etc .  112 


City  Comptroller. 

Power  of  Council  to  provide  for  election  or  appoint¬ 


ment  of . 76 

Powers  and  duties  of .  107 

Submit  estimates  of  expenditures  to  City  Council .  107 

May  require  statement  from  all  officers . . /...  107 

Report  income,  liabilities,  etc .  107 

Council  may  define  the  duties  of .  108 

Keep  record  of  bonds  issued  by  city .  109 

Appeal  of,  to  Finance  Committee . 111 

When  may  appoint  subordinate .  112 


City  Collector. 

Power  to  appoint .  76 

Duties  of .  103 

Books,  warrants  and  papers  open  to  inspection .  103 

Reports  required  of . ‘ . .  104 

Not  to  detain  money,  penalty .  105 

Examination  of  his  books,  paying  over .  106 

To  take  receipts  from  Treasurer,  etc .  106 

Council  may  require  further  duties  of . .  108 

May  appeal  to  Finance  Committee,  adjusting  accounts  .  111 
When  may  appoint  subordinates . : .  112 


City  Superintendent  of  Streets. 


Council  may  appoint  or  cause  to  be  elected .  76 

City  Prison,  Prison  Keeper  and  Work-House. 

Council  may  appoint,  establish  and  regulate  .  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS.  323 


SECTION. 

City  Printing. 

Let  to  lowest  bidder . . .  63 

City  Property. 

Two-thirds  vote  required  to  sell . . .  42 

City  Weigher. 

Power  to  regulate  weighing,  etc .  63 

Combustible  Material. 

Power  to  regulate  and  prohibit  storing  of. .  63 

Commissions. 

Officers  to  be  commissioned,  how .  79 

Commitments. 

Power  to  commit  offenders .  86 

Contracts — for  Public  Works. 

Officers  not  to  be  interested  in .  81 

Not  to  be  made  without  an  appropriation .  94 

Courts. 

To  take  notice  of  cities,  and  changes  in  organization  of..  6 
Cross-Walks  and  Curbing. 

Power  to  regulate,  etc .  63 

Cruelty  to  Animals. 

Power  to  punish  for .  63 

Culverts. 

* 

Construct,  repair,  etc .  63 

Damages. 

Railroad  companies  liable  to  owners  of  animals  when,  26]  63 

Officer  withholding  property  of  city,  liable  for .  79 

Debts. 

To  be  incurred  when  appropriation  previously  made .  94 

Defaulter. 

Ineligible  for  city  office . 80 

Disorderly  Assemblies. 

Power  to  prevent  and  suppress .  63 

Disorderly  Conduct. 

Power  to  prevent .  63 

Disorderly  Houses. 

Power  to  suppress . 63 


324 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 

Distillers  and  Distilleries. 

Power  to  license,  locate  and  regulate . .  63 

Dogs. 

Prevent  fighting,  regulate  tax,  etc . .  63 

Drains. 

Power  to  regulate  construction  and  use... .  63 

Drays,  Carts  and  Wagons. 

Power  to  license  and  fix  compensation .  63 

Elections. 

For  incorporation  of  cities  under  general  laws .  1 

Notice  of,  ballots,  return  of  . . .  2-3 

For  organizing  a  city .  5 

Of  city  officers  after  change  of  organization  from  town  7 

Notice  of,  to  be  given  twenty  days  before .  7 

When  County  Judge  to  give  notice  of .  8 

Record  of  result  of...  .....  . . . . .  13 

When  general  election  for  city  officers  to  be  held .  49 

What  officers  to  be  elected  at . . . .  50 

Who  entitled  to  vote  at .  5 1 

Places  where  held..- . .  57 

Judges  and  clerks  of,  notice  of .  57 

Manner  of  conducting . 58 

Returns  of,  to  be  made  to  City  Clerk . .  58 

Council  to  canvass  returns  and  declare  result  of .  58 

I11  case  of  a  tie  in,  to  be  determined  by  lot  .  59 

When  special  elections  maybe  held,  etc . . 61-62 

May  be  called  to  sanction  additional  appropriation .  92 

Emergency. 

To  borrow  money  to  meet  . .  93 

Evidence. 

Of  ordinances,  how  proved .  66 

Book  of  ordinances  to  be  received  as .  66 

Certified  copy  of  records  prim  a  facia .  85 

Exhibitions. 

To  license  and  regulate  ...  . . .  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS.  325 


Expenditures.  section 

Not  to  exceed  limit  of  appropriation  for .  92 

Not  incurred  unless  appropriation  for . 94 

Explosives. 

To  regulate  storage  of .  63 

Expressmen. 

To  license  and  regulate .  63 

Fast  Driving. 

Power  to  regulate .  63 

Fees  and  Salaries. 

Amount  fixed  not  to  be  changed,  etc.,  report  of. . 87-88 

Fences. 

Power  to  regulate  partition . . .  63 

Finances. 

Power  of  Council  to  control . . . .....1]  63 

Fiscal  year  may  be  fixed  by  ordinance .  91 

Annual  appropriation  ordinance .  92 

Limitation,  emergency,  borrowing  money .  93 

Contracting  liabilities  limited . ’.....  94 

Fines  and  Penalties. 

Power  to  impose,  creating  or  continuing  nuisance . 75]  63 

Not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars.. .. . . . 96]  63 

Ordinance  imposing  to  be  published .  65 

Suits  for  recovery  of,  how  brought . .  67 

To  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  city .  68 

Commitment  to  city  prison  for  non-payment  of .  69 

Allowance  on,  for  work,  etc . , .  69 

Misconduct  of  Mayor  or  other  officer .  28 

For  bribery,  etc . 82 

On  foreign  insurance  companies .  113 

Fire  Department. 

Power  to  provide  or  organize . 64]  63 

To  tax  insurance  companies  for  support  of. .  1 13 

Fire  Escape. 

To  prescribe  construction .  63 

Fire  Limits. 

Power  to  prescribe . 62]  63 

Power  to  direct  that  building,  when  to  be  removed  . 62]  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


326 


SECTION. 


Fire  Works. 

Power  to  regulate.. . 

Fish. 

To  regulate  sale  and  inspection . 

Flagmen. 

Power  to  require  at  railroad  crossings . 

Flour. 

To  provide  for  inspection . . 

Forestalling. 

Power  to  prevent  and  punish . 

Forms. 

Of  ballots  at  election  for  organizing  under  general  law.. 

Form  or  style  of  ordinances . 

Of  official  oath . . 

Fraudulent  Devices  and  Practices. 

Power  to  suppress . 

Fuel. 

To  furnish  by  contract . . . 

Gambling  Houses  and  Gaming. 

Power  to  suppress . . . . . 

Garbage. 

Prevent  throwing  in  streets  or  alleys . 

Gas  Companies. 

Power  of  Council  over  mains,  etc . . 

Gasoline. 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of...... . . 

Geese. 

Restrain  from  running  at  large . 

Goats. 

Restrain  from  running  at  large . . , 

Grades. 

Power  to  establish . . . * . 

Compel  railroads  to  conform  to . . . 

Grocery. 

Power  over  by  Council . . 

Gunpowder. 

To  regulate  storage  of . . . . . 


63 

63 


63 

63 


64 

78 

63 

63 

63 

63 

63 

63 


63 

63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS- 


327 


SECTION. 

Hackmen,  ETC. 

To  license,  regulate,  etc . . .  63 

Hand  Bills. 

To  regulate  posting  and  carrying . .  63 

Hawkers  and  Peddlers. 

Power  to  license,  regulate  and  prohibit . l.  63 

Hay. 

To  regulate  weight  and  inspection . .  63 

Health  Department. 

To  appoint  board  of,  establish  hospitals,  regulations . .  63 

Highways. 

Compel  railroad  companies  to  keep  track  level  with .  63 

Hoops. 

May  prevent  and  regulate  rolling  of. . 92]  63 

Horses. 

Prevent  running  at  large,  regulate  speed  etc .  63 

a 

Horse  or  Street  Railroads. 

Power  to  permit,  regulate  or  prohibit . 24]  63 

No  permit  for  more  than  20  years . 24]  63 

To  grant  use  of  streets  for . 90]  63 

Horse  Trough. 

Power  to  regulate . . 17]  63 

Hospitals. 

To  establish  and  regulate . 77]  63 

Houses  of  III  Fame. 

To  suppress  in  city  and  within  three  miles  of . 45]  63  . 

House  Numbering. 

Power  to  regulate . .  63 

Hydrants. 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of . . 57]  63 

Imprisonment. 

May  be  ordered,  etc. . . .  69 

Indebtedness. 

Limit  of . 5]  63 

Indecency. 

Power  to  prevent  and  suppress 


45-59]  63 


328 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

Power  of  Council  to  provide  for . 55]  63 

Insurance  Companies. 

Tax  on  foreign,  agents  to  pay .  113 

O11  net  receipts . . . .  113 

May  tax  two  per  cent,  when .  113 

Penalty  for  failure  to  report . •. .  1 14 

Intoxication. 

Power  to  prevent,  etc . 59]  63 

Jail. 

May  use  county  jail  for  confinement  of  offenders . 70]  63 

Judge. 

Of  county  to  call  elections,  when .  5 

Judges  of  Election. 

How  appointed,  returns,  etc . - . 57-5S 

Judgments. 

Against  city,  borrowing  money  to  pay .  93 

Jurisdiction. 

Territorial  of  Council . 45 

General  of  Council . 45,  79,  81]  63 

Of  Justices  of  the  Peace .  70 

Of  city  over  water .  72 

Justices  of  the  Peace. 

Jurisdiction .  70 

Kite  Flying. 

Prevent  and  regulate . 92]  63 

Labor. 

Of  prisoners .  69 

May  require  males  to  work  on  streets .  73 

Power  to  enforce  by  fines  and  penalties .  74 

Lands. 

City  may  acquire  and  hold .  10 

Power  to  levy  tax  on . 63 

Lard. 

Power  to  regulate  sale  and  inspection  of . 5°'53]  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS-  329 


SECTION. 

Laws. 

Prior  laws  in  force,  when  not  inconsistent .  6 

Licenses. 

Power  to  fix  amount,  term,  etc, . 41-44-46]  63 

Money  collected  for,  paid  into  city  treasury .  68 

Lights. 

Regulate  the  use  of  in  stables,  shops,  etc . 65]  63 

Liquors  and  Liquor  Sellers- 

May  be  licensed  and  regulated . ■ . 46-48]  63 

Livery  Stables. 

May  regulate  and  license . . . 82-91]  63 

Locomotives. 

May  regulate  speed  of . . . . . .....21]  63 

Lotteries. 

Power  to  suppress . • . 45]  63 

Lumber  and  Lumber  Yards. 

May  regulate  measure  of,  location,  license,  etc,  54-91-93]  63 

Manufactories. 

May  regulate,  etc . 63]  63 

Markets. 

Power  to  establish . 49]  63 

Marshal. 

May  be  elected  or  appointed,  duties  of,  etc .  76 

Mayor. 

When  to  submit  question  of  city  incorporation .  1 

Give  notice  of  such  election .  2 

Qualifications  of  Mayor . .  15 

Term  of  office . . . > .  15 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  how  filled . . . 16-17 

Council  may  elect  Mayor  pro  tern,  when .  18 

When  office  of  shall  become  vacated . 19 

Preside  at  meetings  of  City  Council .  20 

Shall  give  casting  vote  in  case  of  a  tie .  20 

Power  to  remove  any  officer  appointed  by  him .  21 

Shall  report  reasons  for  such  removal  to  Council .  21 

His  power  to  preserve  the  peace .  22 

Mav  release  persons  imprisoned,  etc . . .  23 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


33° 


SECTION 


General  duties  of .  24 

Power  to  examine  records .  25 

Messages  to  the  Council .  26 

Power  to  call  out  militia,  etc .  27 

May  be  removed  from  office  for  malconduct,  etc .  28 

May  appoint  persons  to  revise  ordinances .  29 

May  call  special  meetings  of  City  Council .  46 

May  veto  ordinances  or  items  therein. .  47 

When  to  be  elected .  50 

When  may  call  special  session .  61 

Shall  be  elected . 75 

Appoint  all  appointive  city  officers . . .  77 

Oath  and  bond .  78 

Not  to  hold  other  office .  83 

Shall  be  conservator  of  the  peace .  86 

Power  to  make  arrests .  86 

Compensation  of . 87 

May  administer  oaths  and  affirmations .  90 

Approve  and  veto  of  ordinances . . .  117 

Mayor  pro  tem. 


Council  may  elect  during  temporary  absence  of  Mayor  18 


Meats. 

May  regulate  sale  and  inspection  of . 50-53]  63 

Meetings. 

Mayor  to  preside  at  Council  meetings  . .  20 

Council  may  prescribe  time  and  place  of .  38 

Special  meetings,  by  whom  called .  46 

Mendicants. 

Power  to  restrain  and  punish . 74]  63 

Militia. 

May  be  called  out  by  the  Mayor .  27 

Minors. 

Liquors  not  to  be  sold  to . 48]  63 

Second  hand  and  junk  stores  not  to  purchase  of . 95]  63 

Money  Changers. 

Power  to  license . 91]  63 


INDEX  TO  LAWS.  33 1 


SECTION 

Newspapers. 

Notice  of  election  published  in . , .  57 

Certain  ordinances  published  in .  65 

Noises  and  Disturbances. 

Power  to  prevent  and  suppress . 72]  63 

Notices. 

Change  of  city  organization,  election  for .  2 

Of  election  for  organization  of  city .  5 

Of  election  in  towns  after  organization .  7 

Of  general  elections .  57 

To  elected  or  appointed  officers .  62 

Of  special  elections . .  62 

Nuisances. 

Power  to  define,  abate,  penalties,  etc . 75]  63 

Oaths. 

Of  officers,  filed  with  Clerk . .  78 

Mayor  and  Clerk  may  administer .  90 

Obscene  Publications.  * 

Power  to  prohibit  sale  of....' . 45]  63 

Offenders. 

Who  may  arrest,  detention  over  night,  etc . . .  86 

Officers. 

Election  of  after  change  of  city  organization .  7 

Term  of,  first  elected,  after  change  of  city  orgainzation..  9 

How  removed  and  restored . .  21 

Misconduct,  etc,  of  Mayor  and  other  officer .  28 

Power  of  Council  concerning . 71]  63 

What  officers  to  be  elected .  75 

Council  may  provide  for  additional .  76 

To  have  no  claim  for  salary  when  office  discontinued .  76 

Duties  of  may  be  prescribed  by  Council .  77 

How  appointed .  77 

Oath  and  bond . . . : .  78 

To  be  commissioned,  how . 79 

To  deliver  property  and  effects  to  successor .  79 

Qualification  of. . 80 

Not  to  be  interested  in  contracts,  etc .  81 


332 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 

Bribery  of,  penalty .  82 

Power  of  certain  officers  to  make  arrests .  86 

Compensation  of . . . - . . . _ .  89 

To  report  fees  received .  89 

Contracting  liabilities  by,  limited . . .  94 

Offices. 

Council  may  create,  discontinue  and  name  term  of. . 76-77 

Ordinances. 

Prior  ordinances  in  force  after  change  of  organization .  1 1 

Mayor  to  take  care  that  they  are  executed .  24 

Revision  of  after  change  of  organization .  29 

Yeas  and  nays  to  be  taken  on  passage  of .  42 

Require  concurrence  of  majority  of  Aldermen  elected .  42 

Concerning  health  and  quarantine,  enforcement  of .  45 

To  be  deposited  in  office  of  City  Clerk . . .  47 

Take  effect  if  not  signed  by  Mayor,  etc .  47 

Plow  passed  over  veto . . .  48 

General  power  of  Council  to  pass . 96]  63 

Penalty  for  violating  not  to  exceed  $200... . . . 96]  63 

Style  of . 64 

Publication  of,  when  to  take  effect .  65 

Proof  of,  etc . 66 

Suits  for  violating,  how  brought . 67 

Action  for  violating,  process,  etc . . .  69 

Require  two-thirds  vote  of  Council  to  create  an  office .  76 

To  be  recorded  by  Clerk . 8^ 

Evidence  of  passage  and  publication  of . . .  85 

Making  annual  appropriation .  g2 

Ordinaries. 

Power  to  regulate  and  license . . . 41]  63 

Packing  Houses. 

Power  to  locate  and  regulate . . . gil  6^ 

Partition  Fences  and  Party  Walls. 

Power  to  regulate . . . 60]  63 

Pawn  Brokers. 

Power  to  regulate  and  license. . 41]  5^ 


INDEX  TO  LAWS- 


333 


SECTION. 


Peddlers. 

Power  to  regulate  and  license . 41]  63 

Petroleum. 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of . . 65]  63 

Pitch. 

Power  to  regulate . . . 65]  63 

Police. 

Power  to  regulate  duties  of. . . . 66-67-68]  63 

Conservators  of  the  peace,  may  arrest,  etc . , .  86 

Police  Magistrates. 


Jurisdiction  of  under  ordinances . 

Porters  and  Runners. 

Power  to  regulate  and  license . 42-43] 

Poultry. 

May  regulate  sale  and  inspection  of . 50-53] 

Pounds. 

Power  to  establish . 80] 

Powers. 


Of  officers  after  change  of  organization . 

Of  city  under  general  law . 

Of  Mayor  pro  tem . . . 

General  of  Council . . . 

Printing. 

To  provide  for  letting  by  contract . 94] 

Privies. 

Powers  in  regard  to . . . . 84] 

Process. 

Suits,  how  brought . :. . 

Summons,  warrant,  etc . 

Constable  or  Sheriff  may  serve . 

Policemen  may  serve  and  execute . . 


70 

63 

63 

63 


o 

10 

18 

63 

63 


67 

69 

7i 

86 


Prostitutes,  etc. 

Power  to  restrain  and  punish . 74]  63 

Provisions. 

May  regulate  sale  and  inspection  of . 50,  53]  63 

Publication. 

Of  ordinances,  proof  of .  66 


334 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


SECTION. 

Public  Property. 

Vote  required  to  sell . 42 

Council  to  control . . 1]  63 

Quarantine.  . 

Jurisdiction  for  regulating .  45 

Quorum. 

Of  Council,  what  constitutes .  37 

Railroads. 

Power  of  Council  over . . 25,  26,  27,  90]  63 


Real  Property. 

Right  to  hold .  10 

Reconsideration  of  Vote. 

Not  done  at  special  meetings .  43 

Records. 

Canvass  of  election  returns  on  organization .  3 

City  Clerk  to  keep,  copies  certified  to  be  evidence .  84 

Renderies. 

Power  to  regulate,  etc . 81]  63 


Report  of  Committees. 

Deferred  upon  request  of  two  Aldermen 
Reports  Required. 


From  Mayor  on  removal  of  officer . . .  21 

Of  fees  received  by  officers../. . 89 

Of  City  Treasurer . 98-100 

Of  City  Collector . 104 

Resin. 

Power  to  regulate  storage  of. . 65]  63 

Resolutions. 

Prior  in  force  until,  etc . . .  1 1 

When  take  effect . . . .  65 

Riots. 

Power  to  suppress,  etc . 72]  63 

Salaries. 

Of  Mayor  not  to  be  changed  during  term  of  office .  87 

Of  Aldermen,  not  to  be  changed,  etc .  88 

Of  Aldermen,  not  to  exceed  three  dollars .  88 


Of  other  officers,  w*hen  once  fixed,  not  to  be  changed .  86 


INDEX  TO  LAWS- 


335 


SECTION. 

Scales. 

Power  to  license  and  regulate . 91]  63 

Seal. 

Power  to  adopt  and  change . . .  10 

City  Clerk  to  keep,  certified  copies  under,  etc .  84 

Second  Hand  and  Junk  Stores. 

Power  to  license  and  regulate . 95]  63 

Sewers  and  Drains. 

Power  to  construct  and  keep  in  repair . . . 29]  63 

Power  to  regulate,  etc . «... . , . . . 57]  63 

Power  to  compel  cleaning  of. . ... . . . 84]  63 

Power  to  construct  through  railroad  land . 89]  63 

Sidewalks. 

Power  to  lay  out,  establish,  etc . . . ,7]  63 

Power  to  regulate  use  of,  etc . 14]  63 

Power  to  regulate  traffic  and  sales  upon . . . 20]  63 

Signs. 

Power  to  regulate . , . 17,  19]  63 

Slaughter  Houses. 

Power  to  regulate,  etc . 81]  63 

Soap  Factories. 

May  regulate  location,  etc . . . 81 J  63 

Special  Assessments. 

Money  received  kept  as  special  fund,  etc .  102 

Special  Election. 

Power  to  call . 61*62 

Steam  Boilers. 

May  provide  for  inspection . 67]  63 

Stoves  and  Stove  Pipes. 

Power  to  regulate  condition . 63]  63 

Streets  and  Alleys. 

Power  of  Council  concerning . 7-13]  63 

Power  to  regulate  and  prevent  flying  of  flags,  etc . -19]  63 

*  Power  to  regulate  traffic  upon . . . . 20]  63 

Power  to  name  and  change  names  of  .a... . 23]  63 

Power  to  extend  over  or  across  railroad  land . 89]  63 


336 


INDEX  TO  DAWS. 


- ^ - - . 

.  SECTION. 

Power  to  authorize  laying  of  railroad  track  in . 90]  63 

Council  may  by  ordinance  require  labor  on .  73 

Street  Lights. 

Power  to  provide  for . . . , . 1 1]  63 

Summons. 

For  violating  ordinances .  69 

Supplies  for  City. 

How  furnished . . . . . 94]  63 

Superintendent  of  Police. 

Power  to  regulate,  prescribe  duties,  etc . . . 66-68]  63 

Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Power  to  appoint  or  cause  to  be  elected .  76 

Tallow  Chandleries. 

% 

Power  to  locate  and  regulate . : . . 81-84]  63 

Tanneries. 

Power  to  regulate,  etc . . 81-84]  63 

Tar. 

May  regulate  storage  of . . . 65]  63 

Taxes. 

Power  to  levy  and  collect . . . . 3]  63 

Power  to  collect  tax  to  pay  city  indebtedness . . 5]  63 


For  judgment  and  temporary  loans  . 

Tcwns. 

How  incorporated  town  may  become  city 


Trees. 

Power  to  plant  on  streets . . . 8]  63 

Turpentine. 

May  regulate  storage  of . 65]  63 

Unwholesome  Business. 

Power  to  prohibit . 83]  63 

Vacancy. 

In  office  of  Mayor  . . • . 16-19 

In  office  of  Alderman .  <?'? 


In  office  of  Alderman  under  minority  plan 
How  vacancies  filled . 


INDEX  TO  LAWS. 


337 


SECTION. 

Vacation  of  Streets. 

Power  of  Council  to  vacate  streets,  alleys,  etc . 7]  63 

Vagrants. 

May  restrain  and  punish . 74]  63 

Vaults. 

Power  to  regulate  construction  of. . 57]  63 

Vegetables. 

May  regulate  sale  of. . 50]  63 

Vehicles. 

May  license  and  regulate . 21-42]  63 

Veto. 

Of  ordinances  or  items  in . . 47-117 

Viaducts. 

Power  to  construct . . . . 28]  63 

Vote  of  Council. 

Mayor  to  give  casting  vote . . .  20 

Two-thirds  required  to  restore  officer . ✓. .  21 

Majority  to  pass  ordinances . .  42 

Two-thirds  to  sell  city  or  school  property .  42 

Two-thirds  to  pass«ordinance  over  veto . . .  118 

Two-thirds  to  create  new  offices  or  discontinue  offices .  76 

Two-thirds  to  order  improvements  after  appropriation. ...,  93 

Wards. 

Council  may  divide  city  into,  etc .  52 

Warrants. 

For  violating  ordinances .  69 

Officers  to  be  commissioned  by,  exceptions .  79 

Treasurer  to  keep  register  of .  98 

Treasurer  to  deliver,  etc  ... . .  98 

How  drawn,  etc.,  for  the  payment  of  money .  101 

Water. 

Power  of  Council  to  provide,  drain  ponds,  etc . 40]  63 

Weights  and  Measures. 

Power  to  regulate  and  inspect . 55,  56]  63 

Wood. 

May  provide  for  measuring  and  inspection . 51]  63 


33« 


INDEX  TO  LAWS.  • 


SECTION. 


Workhouse. 

Power  to  establish . 69]  63 

Yeas  and  Nays. 

To  be  taken  on  removal  of  officer .  21 

To  be  taken  on  passage  of  ordinances . , .  42 

To  be  taken  upon  propositions  to  create  liabilities .  42 

To  be  taken  at  request  of  any  Alderman .  42 

To  be  taken  upon  passing  of  ordinance  over  veto .  48 


GENERAL  INDEX  TO  j 
ORDINANCES. 

. 

INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


341 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAGE, 

Amusements. 

Exhibitions,  etc.,  required  to  pay  license . .  1  83 

Theatrical  performances,  concerts . 2  83 

Painting,  statuary,  wax  figures .  3  84 

Rope  or  wire  dancing,  sleight  of  hand .  4  84 

Circus  and  menagerie,  street  parades .  5  84 

Concerts  or  minstrels  under  canvass .  6  84 

Other  exhibitions,  charitable  purposes  excepted,  7  84 

Penalty  for  violations . * . . . . .  8  85 

Animals. 

Penalty  for  running  at  large .  9  85 

Herding  cattle. . 10  86 

Police  to  impound . .  1 1  86 

Person  damaged  may  impound .  12  86 

Fees  for  food  for  animals. .  13  86 

Duties  of  pound  keeper . . . 14  87 

Notice  to  unknown  owners .  15  87 

Posting  notices . -  16  88 

Proceedings! . = . - .  17  88 

Judgment  and  order  of  sale . 18  88 

Sale  notices . 19  89 

Sale  of  stock . . .  20  89 

Record  of  sales .  21  90 

Surplus  money . . .  22  90 

Releasing  or  interfering  with  impounding .  23  90 


342 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION". 


Wrongfully  procuring  impounding . 

Animals  or  teams  after  12  at  night . 

Cruelty  to  animals . . 

Failure  to  feed  animals . 

Abandoning  animals . . 

Dead  animals . ^ . 

Auctions  and  Auctioneers,  / 

Shall  have  license . f. 

Penalty . fS. 

Sales  under  legal  process ...: . 

Billiards,  Shooting  Galleries,  etc. 

Must  have  license . 

License  fee . 

Penalty  for  violation . . 

Bill  Posters. 

Must  have  license . 

Rate  of  license . . 

Not  to  post  advertisements . 

Not  to  tear  down  any  bill  or  poster . 

Boundaries  of  City  and  Wards. 

City  boundaries . * . 

Extension  of  city  limits . , . 

Number  of  wards . . 

First  Ward . , . 

Second  Ward  . : . 

Third  Ward . v . 

Fourth  Ward . 

Fifth  Ward . 

Bridges. 


Zj>. 


Not  to  lead  or  drive  faster  than  a  walk 

Not  to  collect  in  crowds . 

Injury  to  sidewalks  and  bridges . 

Driving  steam  engines  over  bridges . 

Buildings. — Fire  Limits. 

Fire  limits . . . 

Erecting  new  buildings . 

Building  permits . 


24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 


PAGE. 

91 

91 

91 

91 

91 

91 

92 

92 

92 

93 
93 

93 

94 
94 
94 

94 

95 
95 
95 

95 

96 

96 

96 

96 

97 
97 
97 

97 

98 
98 
98 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  343 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Penalty  for  violating .  54  99 

Definition  of  wooden  buildings .  55  99 

Penalty  for  erecting .  56  »  \  99 

Removal  of  buildings .  57  100 

Repairs  prohibited .  58  •  100 

Permission  to  repair .  59  100 

Cemetery. 

Boundaries .  69  103 

Reserved  for  poor . 70  104 

Reserved  for  soldiers . 71  104 

Sale  of  single  graves .  72  104 

Record  of  interment...., . 73  104 

Sexton  to  dig  graves . v .  74  104 

Sexton  to  keep  reports . . .  74  104 

Sexton  to  make  returns .  75  105 

Interment  reports  recorded . 76  105 

Sale  of  lots  strictly  for  cash .  77  106 

Proceeds  of  sale .  78  106 

Persons  entitled  to  burial .  79  106 

Transfer  or  conveyances .  80  106 

Sexton  have  charge  of  plat . . ,  81  106 

Intering  bodies  without  permission .  82  107 

Interments  five  feet  deep .  83  107 

No  person  permitted  to  open  any  grave .  84  107 

No  person  shall  play  within  inclosure .  85  108 

Grounds  at  all  times  accessible . . .  86  108 

Owners  of  lots  allowed  to  plant  trees .  87  108 

Report  of  Sexton .  88  108 

Clerk  custodian  of  records .  89  108 

Dogs. 

Register  of .  9o  109 

Running  at  large . 9I  109 

Record  for  dogs .  g2  109 

Wrongfully  impounding,  etc .  93  IIO 

Report  of  Pound  Keeper . 94  IIO 

Hydrophobia . 93  IIO 

Vicious  dogs . 96  m 


344 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


Destruction  of  biting  dogs . 

Female  dogs  in  heat . . 

Dram  Shops. 

Definition  . 

Shall  not  sell  without  license . 

Hours  when  shall  be  kept  open . 

License  may  be  granted . ; . . 

License  may  be  revoked . 

Malt  liquors  only . 

Giving  away  prohibited . 

To  be  governed  by  ordinances . 

* 

May  be  closed  by  proclamation . 

Officers  to  enter . 

Clerk’s  duty . 

Drays,  Wagons,  other  Vehicles. 

License . . 

Evasion,  penalty . 

Rates  to  be  charged . 

Stands  for  vehicles . 

Refusing  to  carry. . 

Over  charging . , . 

Numbering  vehicles . 

Transfer  of  license . 

Elections. 

Notifying  and  calling  elections . 

City  Clerk  shall  purchase . 

Ballot  boxes  to  be  examined . 

City  Council  to  canvass  returns . 

City  Council  to  decide  ties . . 

Council  shall  appoint . 

When  officers  shall  assume  their  duties 

Judges  and  Clerks  to  be  paid . 

Obstructing  polls . . 

Penalty  for  obstructing  polls . 

Not  to  carry  away  any  ballot  box . 


SECTION. 

PAGE. 

.  97 

I  I  I 

.  98 

III 

.  ’  99 

I  12 

.  100 

I  T  2 

.  IOI 

I  12 

.  102 

I  13 

.  103 

II4 

.  104 

114 

.  105 

I  14 

.  106 

II4 

.  107 

115 

.  108 

115 

.  109 

115 

.  rro 

.  I  l6 

.  1 1  r 

I  l6 

.  1 12 

I  l6 

.  11 3 

I  l6 

.  H4 

“7 

.  114 

117 

.  115 

117 

.  115 

117 

.  116 

Il8 

.  117 

Il8 

.  118 

I  l8 

-----  ri9 

I  l8 

.  120 

119 

.  12 1 

119 

.  122 

I  19 

■ .  123 

I  19 

.  124 

I  19 

.  124 

119 

1  25 

120 

INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  345 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Explosives  and  Inflamables. 

Large  quantities  of  gun  powder .  126  120 

Retailers  of  gun  powder .  127  120 

Search  for  explosives .  128  121 

Amount  of  oils  permitted  to  be  kept . 129  121 

Not  to  be  stored  on  sidewalks  or  out  buildings..  130  121 

Empty  barrels . 131  122 

Permits  for  large  quantities  of  oil .  132  122 

Permits  when  not  granted .  133  122 

Permits,  how  granted .  134  122 

Penalty .  135  123 

Fees  and  Salaries. 

Salaries,  how  provided .  136  *123 

Salary  of  Mayor .  137  123 

Salary  of  Clerk .  138  123 

Salary  of  City  Attorney . 139  124 

Salary  of  City  Marshal . 140  124 

Salary  of  City  Treasurer .  14 1  124 

Salary  of  Street  Commissioner . . 142  124 

Salary  of  City  Sexton .  143  124 

Salary  of  City  Engineer .  144  125 

Salary  of  Surveyor . 144  125 

Salary  of  Policemen.... .  145  125 

Salary  of  Aldermen . ., . .  146  125 

Salary  of  City  Collector .  147  126 

Salary  of  Superintendent  of  Water  Works .  148  126 

Fees  of  Police  Magistrate  .  149  126 

Compensation  of  Health  Officer .  150  126 

Compensation  of  Fire  Department .  15 1  126 

Salary  of  City  Auditor . 152  126 

Fences. 

Partition  fences .  153  127 

Hedge  fences . 154  127 

Gates  to  open  in .  155  127 

Fines  and  Forfeitures. 

Suits  may  be  commenced .  156  128 

Minors  excluded  from  court  rooms .  157  128 


346 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAGE. 


Arrests  without  warrants . . .  158  129 

City  Attorney  to  be  notified .  159  129 

Fines  to  be  paid  over .  160  129 

Police  Magistrate  shall  enter  judgment .  161  129 

Persons  shall  labor  on  streets .  162  130 

Street  Commissioner  may  be  fined .  163  13 1 

Persons  fined  may  replevy .  164  13 1 

Mayor  may  release .  165  13 1 

Cases  may  be  dismissed . 166  132 

No  costs  taxed  against  city .  167  132 

Not  to  be  tried  while  intoxicated .  168  132 

Persons  entitled  to  speedy  trials .  169  133 

Jury  trial . 170  133 

Form  of  verdict . 170  133 

Persons  may  give  bail .  17 1  133 

Fire  Department. 

Members . 172  134 

Officers .  173  134 

Duties  of  officers .  174  134 

Fire  Wardens .  175  135 

Drivers . : .  176  135 

Duty  when  alarm  given . 177  135 

Driving  to  fires . . .  178  135 

Not  to  drive  on  side  walks .  179  136 

Returning  from  fires .  179  136 

Bystanders  may  be  summoned . 180  136 

May  tear  down  buildings .  181  136 

Penalty  for  failure  to  attend  fires .  182  137 

Control  of  property . , .  183  137  . 

Interfering  with  firemen .  184  137 

Driving  over  hose .  184  137 

Police  to  attend  fires .  185  137 

Chief  to  make  report  to  Council. .  186  138 

Exempt  from  street  tax .  187  138 

Fires — precaution  against. 

Stove  pipes . . .  60  101 

Examination  of  building .  61  10 1 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


347 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Complaint  of  unsafe .  62  102 

Combustibles .  63  102 

Lights  in  stables  or  other  buildings .  64  102 

Bonfires  on  streets  and  alleys . .  65  102 

Penalty  for  violating..... . 66  103 

Duties  of  officers .  67  103 

False  alarm . , .  68  103 

Fiscal  Year. 

Fiscal  year .  188  138 

Gaming  and  Gambling  Houses. 

Gaming .  189  139 

Gambling  houses . 190  139 

Frequenting  gambling  houses .  191  139 

Lotteries .  192  139 

Hawkers,  Peddlers  and  Transient  Vendors. 

Hawker’s  and  peddler’s  license .  193  140 

Itinenant  merchants  and  transient  vendors  on 

streets . . 194  140 

Itinerant  merchants  and  transient  vendors  in 

stores .  195  14 1 

Peanut  and  popcorn  vendors . .  196  14 1 

Farmers’  produce  exempt . , .  197  14 1 

Health. 

Department  of  Health,  of  whom  it  consists .  198  142 

Health  Inspector,  how  appointed .  199  142 

Time  employed  in  each  year .  200  *  142 

Proclamation  to  prevent  spread  of  disease .  201  142 

Power  of  Mayor .  202  142 

Mayor  to  notify  when  proclamation  is  at  an  end  203  143 

For  violating  the  Mayor’s  proclamation .  204  143 

Declared  a  public  nuisance .  205  143 

Epidemic,  contagious  and  infectious  diseases .  206  143 

Duty  of  physician  to  report .  206  143 

To  prevent  spread  of  disease .  207  144 

Quarantine .  208  144 

Quarantine  regulations . 209  *  144 

Penalty  for  violating . 210  144 


348  INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Proof  of  said  rules .  21 1  145 

Unwholesome  food . . 212  145 

0 

Duty  of  City  Marshal . 213  145 

Duty  of  city  police . . .  213  145 

Insurance  Companies. 

Insurance  companies  to  pay  license .  214  146 

Agenty  to  render  statement . 215  146 

Companies  prohibited  from  doing  business . .  216  146 

Penalty . 217  147 

Library  and  Reading  Room. 

Name . 218  147 

Tax  levy . . 219  147 

Board  of  Directors .  220  147 

Vacancies,  how  created  and  filled . . .  221  148 

Injuring  books . >. .  222  148 

Neglecting  to  return  books .  222  148 

By-laws . 223  148 

Licenses. 

How  issued,  application . . .  224  149 

License  not  assignable,  except . 225  149 

Term  issued  for . . .  226  149 

Clerk  to  keep  register . 227  150’ 

To  be  posted  in  place  of  business .  228  150 

In  case  of  death .  229  150 

Applicant  for  dram  shop  license,  to  give  bond  230  150 

Petitions . 231  15 1 

Surety  on  bond  for  dram  shop  licenses .  232  15 1 

Nuisances. 

Buildings  and  trades .  233  152 

Hog  pens . '. .  234  152 

Plog  pens  not  to  be  kept  in  the  populous  por¬ 
tions  of  the  city . .  235  152 

Privies,  when  a  nuisance . ’ .  236  153 

Stagnant  water .  237  153 

Lot  or  premises  filled  up,  etc .  238  153 

City  Marshal  shall  abate,  etc .  239  154 

Nuisance,  notice  to  owner  to  abate .  240  154 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


349 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Nuisance,  dead  animals,  etc...... .  241  154 

Stock  yards,  cattle  pens,  etc .  242  154 

Slaughter,  etc . 243  T55 

Houses  of  ill  fame,  etc .  244  155 

Stables,  etc.,  shall  be  kept  clean .  245  155 

Buildings  in  danger  of  falling .  246  155 

Wooden  buildings  within  fire  limits .  247  156 

General  provisions . : .  248  156 

Numbering  Houses. 

Duty  to  number  house .  249  157 

Division  streets .  250  157 

System . . .  251  157 

Number  assigned  by  Street  Commissioner .  252  158 

Offenses  Against  Public  Morals  and  Decency. 

Open  lewdness . .  253  159 

Houses  of  ill  fame .  254  159 

Keeping  tippling  houses  open  Sunday .  255  159 

Late  hours . 256  159 

Consorting  with  lewd  women .  257  160 

Vagabonds  and  vagrants .  258  160 

Night  prowlers .  259  161 

Curfew .  260  16 1 

Offenses  Affecting  the  Public  Peace. 

Intoxication . I . .  261  161 

Assault  and  battery . .  262  161 

Disturbance  of  peace .  263  162 

Weapons,  deadly  and  concealed .  264  162 

Disturbing  religious  meetings . 265  162 

Disturbing  school  or  other  lawful  assembly .  266  162 

Disturbing  funerals .  267  162 

Rout . . * .  268  162 

Riot . : . .  269  163 

Affrays . . .  270  163 

Unlawful  assemblies . . 271  163 

Failure  to  disperse .  272  163 

Boys  assemblying .  273  163 

* 


350 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Offenses  Affecting  the  Public  Safety. 

Discharging  fire  arms,  etc .  274  164 

.Fast  driving .  275  164 

Slings  or  sling  shots .  276  164 

Throwing  missiles  or  stones .  277  164 

Leaving  animals  unhitched . . .  278  164 

Open  cellar  doors .  279  165 

Obstructions  to  lobby  and  passage  ways  in  pub¬ 
lic  buildings . 280  165 

Doors  of  public  buildings  to  swing  outwards .  281  165 

Obstructing  entrance  to  public  buildings .  282  165 

Games,  exhibitions,  on  streets  and  sidewalks .  283  165 

Throwing  water  from  hydrant  on  a  person .  284  166 

Blowing  police  whistle . 285  166 

,  Throwing  slop  from  upper  window . .  286  166 

Officers,  General  Provisions. 

Who  eligible . 287  167 

Oath  and  bond .  288  167 

New  bonds . 289  167 

Officers  to  be  commissioned .  290  167 

Reports,  monthly  and  annual .  291  168 

Pay  to  Treasurer .  292  168 

Officers  liable  for  neglect . . .  293  168 

Officer  to  deliver  property  to  successor .  294  168 

Mayor.  — 

Bond . .  295  169 

Rights  and  duties .  296  169 

Appointing  city  officers . 297  169 

Removal  and  supervision  of  city  officers .  297  169 

Duties  and  powers  conferred  by  Statute .  298  170 

Report  neglect  of  duty . 299  170 

To  sign  contracts  in  behalf  of  city . . .  300  170 

To  assist  Attorney  in  suits  of  city .  301  170 

City  Clerk. — 

Bond .  302  170 

Duties  prescribed  by  Statute . 303  1  yo 

Duties .  304  1 7 1 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION. 


City  Treasurer. — 

Bond . 305 

Duties  prescribed  by  Statutes . . .  306 

Other  duties .  307 

Record  of  street  tax .  308 

Accounts  and  funds .  309 

Attorney. — 

Bond... . 310 

Duties .  31 1 

City  Marshal. — 

Appointment .  312 

Duties  .  313 

Head  of  Police  Department .  314 

Shall  execute  all  writs .  315 

Shall  keep  record .  316 

Shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  duties  of  office .  317 

Nuisance  and  obstructions  on  streets,  etc .  318 

Shall  report  police  for  misconduct .  319 

Shall  attend  Council  meetings .  320 

Shall  make  complaint . .  321 

Shall  appoint  substitute .  322 

Shall  make  monthly  report .  323 

Have  custody  of  property  of  Police  Department  324 

Power  as  Constable  of  Marion  County .  325 

Give  bond  etc.,  take  oath . 326 

Have  uniform . .  327 


Street  Com  m  issioncr.  — 

Appointment  . . . - 

Bond . . . ... 

Have  custody  of  supplies  and  machinery 

Duties  . . . 

Improvements  exceeding  $10 . 

Enforce  ordinances . 

Clean  streets . 

Employ  laborers . 

Employ  teams . 


328 

329 

330 

331 

331 

332 

n  n  n 

000 

334 

334 


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172 

172 

172 

172 

173 

173 

174 


174 

175 
175 

♦175 

175 
175. 

176 
176 
I76 

176 

177 
177 
177 

177 

178 
178 

178 

178 

178 

179 

179 

179 

ISO 

ISO 

ISO 


352 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Supervise  connection  of  drains .  334  180 

Procuring  tools .  335  180 

Superintendent  of  Water  Works. — 

Appointment . 336  181 

Oath  and  bond . . .  337  181 

Control  of  Water  Works- . - .  338  18 1 

Sexton. — 

Appointment .  339  181 

Bond .  340  181 

Duties . 341  182 

City  Collector . — 

Appointment .  342  182 

Bond .  343  182 

Duties .  344  183 

Auditor. — 

Appointment . .  345  183 

Duty .  346  183 

Bond .  347  183 

Pou7id  Keeper. — 

Appointment . 348  183 

Bond . 349  183 

Duties .  350  184 

Health  Inspector . — 

Appointment . - .  351  .184 

Duties .  352  184 

Power  and  authority . 353  184 

Refusing  to  abate  nuisances .  354  184 

To  attend  meeting  of  Council .  355  185, 

Police  Magistrate . — 

Bond .  356  185 

Duties . - . - .  357  185 

Ordinances. 

To  be  recorded  and  indexed . 358  186 

Clerk  to  preserve .  359  186 

Clerk  may  correct  errors . - .  359  186 

,  Repealed  ordinances  in  force,  etc .  360  186 

No  suit,  etc.,  released  by  repeal  of  ordinance .  361  186 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  353 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Definition  of  terms  of  ordinance .  362  186 

No  fines  to  exceed  $200 .  363  187 

Ordinances  to  be  published .  364  187 

Date  of  passage  and  publication  to  be  recorded..  365  187 

Mayor  and  Acting  Mayor .  366  187 

Parks. 

Central  Park .  367  188 

Unlawful  to  cut  grass,  etc .  368  188 

Offenses .  369  188 

Committee  on  Public  Grounds  to  have  charge  of  370  188 

Permission  to  use .  371  189 

Peats. 

Plats,  maps  and  sub-divisions  to  be  approved .  372  190 

Laying  out  streets  .  373  190 

Plumbers. 

License,  how  granted .  374  19 1 

Bonds .  375  191 

Regulations  and  revocation  of  license .  376  192 

Not  to  make  new  connection  without  permit .  377  192 

Return  of  permit .  378  192 

Attachment  of  service  pipe .  379  193 

Two  premises  not  to  use  from  one  tap .  380  193 

Stop  cocks . .  381  193 

Strength  of  pipes,  etc . 382  193 

Plumbing  inspected .  383  194 

Police. 

Department  shall  consist  of .  384  195 

Appointed  by  Mayor .  385  195 

Policeman  shall  take  oath . .  386  195 

Some  act  as  night  and  some  act  as  day  policemen  387  195 

Special  policemen  when  necessary .  388  195 

Powers  and  duties,  etc . . .  389  196 

Shall  devote  entire  time  to  discharge  of  duty .  390  196 

Power  to  arrest  without  process . , . .  391  196 

Power  to  execute  legal  process,  etc . .  392  196 

May  call  on  persons  to  assist .  393  196 

Shall  aid  Fire  Department .  394  197 


354 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAG  K. 

Conduct  of  policemen  while  on  duty .  395  197 

Shall  wear  uniform .  396  197 

Kind  of  uniform .  396  197 

Mayor  may  appoint  special  watchmen  for  cor¬ 
poration  or  private  company .  397  197 

Porters  and  Runners. 

License,  penalty . 398  198 

Hotel  keepers  may  take  out  license .  399  198 

Shall  wear  badge .  400  198 

Boisterous  conduct  prohibited . . . ‘ . . .  401  198 

Conduct  at  depot .  402  199 

Prisons. 

City  Marshal  shall  be  keeper  of,  etc .  403  200 

Sanitary  condition  of  the  jail .  404  200 

Dieting  prisoners  .  405  200 

Refusal  of  prisoners  to  work .  405  200 

Shall  furnish  medical  aid,  bedding,  etc .  406  201 

Males  and  females  not  to  occupy  same  apartments  406  201 

Permitting  prisoners  to  escape . . . 407  .  201 

Aiding  or  assisting  prisoners  to  escape .  408  20  r 

Furnishing  liquor  to  prisoners .  409  201 

Protection  of  Property. 

Hitching  of  horses .  410  202 

Injuring  street  lamps .  41 1  202 

Injuring  telephone  and  other  poles .  41 1  202 

Injury  to  trees  or  public  property .  412  202 

Removing  gates .  413  202 

Overturning  privies . 413  202 

Railroads. 

Track  shall  conform  to  grade .  414  203 

Ditches  and  drains  to  be  kept  in  repair .  414  203 

Companies  to  be  notified  to  make  crossings .  415  203 

City  may  contract . 416  204 

Shall  keep  light  at  crossing . 417  204 

Shall  keep  flagman  at  crossing .  417  204 

Obstructing  streets .  4 1 8  204 

Limit  of  speed . . . 419  205 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  355 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Unnecessary  whistling  of  locomotives .  420  205 

Bell  to  be  rung . 421  205 

To  keep  light  on  moving  trains . 421  205 

Persons  not  to  hang  on  steps .  422  206 

Not  to  permit  cars  of  combustible  matter  to 

stand  on  track .  423  206 

Laying  tracks  in  streets .  424  206 

Scavengers. 

License  and  penalty . .  425  207 

Penalty  for  scattering  filth  in  streets .  426  207 

Hours  when  to  remove .  427  208 

Disposition  of  offal .  427  208 

Scavanger’s  charges .  428  208 

Seal. 

Description  of .  429  209 

Sewers. 

How  constructed . .  430  209 

Inlets,  etc . 431  210 

Laterals,  sewers  and  private  drains .  432  210 

Certain  uses  prohibited . .  433  210 

Obstructing  sewers .  434  210 

Obstructing  natural  drains  or  changing  same .  434  210 

Sidewalks. 

Ten  foot  stone  walks .  445  21 1 

Five  foot  stone  walks .  446  21 1 

Five  foot  brick  walks . 447  212 

« Four  foot  brick  walks .  448  213 

Specifications  for  natural  stone  walks .  449  213 

Specifications  for  artificial  stone  walks .  450  214 

Specifications  for  brick  walks . 451  216 

Street  Commissioner  to  oversee  work .  452  217 

Time  when  walks  shall  be  constructed .  453  217 

No  wooden  sidewalks,  except .  453  217 

City  to  contribute  a  portion  of  the  cost .  454  218 

Failure  to  construct  walks  voluntarily .  455  218 

Sidewalks — Obstructions  to. 

Porches  not  to  protrude  over .  456  219 


356 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Signs,  cellar  doors,  etc .  457  219 

Displaying  goods  on  sidewalks .  458  219 

Receiving  and  delivering  goods .  459  220 

Auctioneers  not  to  collect  crowds .  460  220 

Vehicles  not  to  be  driven  over .  461  220 

Crosswalks  not  to  be  obstructed . 462  220 

Coal  holes  and  vaults  under .  463  221 

Persons  not  to  lounge  upon  or  obstruct .  464  221 

City  officers  to  remove  obstructions .  465  221 

Pedestrians  entitled  to  undisputed  right  of  way..  466  222 

Unlawful  to  ride  bicycles  or  tricycles  on  walks..  467  222 

Trucks  and  wheelbarrows  not  to  be  overloaded..  468  222 

Slaughter  Houses. 

Prohibited  in  city  limits . . .  469  223 

Health  Committee  to  examine .  470  •  223 

Sale  of  meat  prohibited  from  condemned  slaught¬ 
er  houses .  471  223 

Penalty  for  refusing  to  permit  inspection .  472  224 

Special  Ordinances. 

Centralia  and  Central  City  Street  Railway . .  519  245 

Centralia  and  Central  City  Street  Railway,  addi¬ 
tional  franchise .  533  350 

Centralia  &  Chester  Railroad  Company . v...  534  251 

Centralia  Light  &  Power  Company .  536  253 

Centralia  Mining  &  Manufacturing  Company .  543  255 

Centralia  Mining  &  Manufacturing  Company, 

additional  franchise . 546  257 

Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway .  550  258 

Jacksonville  Southeastern  Railway,  additional 

franchise  . .  555  260 

Jacksonville,  Louisville  &  St.  Louis  Railway .  557  263 

Jacksonville,  Louisville  &  St.  Louis  Railway,  ad¬ 
ditional  franchise .  561  265 

Jacksonville,  Louisville  &  St.  Louis  depot .  566  267 

Louisville,  Evansville  &  St.  Louis  Consolidated 

Railway  Company  Telegraph .  567  268 

Telephone  Exchange .  571  270 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  Clocks .  575  271 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


357 

SECTION  PAGE. 

Streets  and  Alleys. 

Obstructing  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground .  473  225 

Removal  of  articles  from  streets,  alleys,  walks .  474  225 

Permission  to  obstruct  with  building  material .  475  225 

Wagons,  etc.,  not  allowed  to  remain  on  streets 

or  alleys  without  horses  attached .  476  226 

Removal*  of  building  without  permission .  477  226 

Permission  granted  by  Mayor .  478  226 

Penalty  for  removing  without  permission .  479  226 

Erection  of  any  building  on  streets,  etc .  480  226 

Removal  of  obstruction  placed  uponstreets,  etc..  481  227 

Neglect  or  refusal  to  remove  obstruction  of 

streets,  alleys,  etc .  482  227 

Obstruction  of  streets  by  teams . . . 483  227 

Throwing  or  depositing  filth,  etc . : .  484  227 

Removal  of  earth  from  streets,  etc . .  485  228 

Grading  or  repairing  street  or  alley .  486  228 

Obstructing  Street  Commissioner  in  discharge 

of  duty . - .  487  228 

Reserve  space  for  sidewalk .  488  228 

Horses  left  on  streets  attached  to  wagons .  489  229 

Digging  down  any  street,  etc .  490  229 

Digging  any  sewer .  490  229 

Duties  of  officers  in  case  of  obstruction .  491  229 

Who  liable  for  street  labor . .  492  230 

Notice  to  labor .  493  230 

Shall  receipt  for  labor .  494  230 

Preparing  list  of  delinquents .  495  231 

Publishing  list  of  delinquents . . .  495  231 

Suits  to  collect  fines .  496  231 

Street  Railways. 

Passengers  ejected  for  refusing  to  pay  fare .  497  232 

Persons  stealing  rides .  498  232 

Injuring  property  of . .  499  232 

Streets — Naming  of 

Rexford  Avenue. . .  617  290 

Tate  and  Townsend  Avenue . . .  614  288 


358 


'TDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


Streets — Re-Naming. 

Cemetery  Avenue . 

Cormiek  street . -.... 

Dimick  street . 

Elm  street . 

Frazier  Avenue . 

Hickory  street . 

Howard  street . 

Johnson  street . 

Kell  street . . . 

McCord  street . 

McKee  street . . . 

Morrison  street . 

Noble  street . . 

Noleman  street . 

Parker  street . 

Poplar  s^eet . 

Rexford  Avenue . 

Walnut  street . 

Weldon  street . 

Wilson  street . 

Streets — Vacating. 

Alley  in  block  C . 

Cedar  street,  etc . 

Fourth  and  Sixth  South,  etc 
Oak  street,  etc . 

Sub-Divisions  and  Plats. 

Adam’s  Addition . 

Anderson’s  Sub-division . 

Bach’s  Sub-division . 

Condit’s  Addition . 

Condit’s  Addition  No.  2 . 

Cormiek ’s  Addition . . 

Crosby’s  Addition . 

DeLaneey’s  Sub  division . 

Frazier’s  Addition . 


src  riox. 

PAGR. 

.  618 

291 

.  618 

291 

.  619 

291 

.  618 

291 

.  623 

292 

.  622 

292 

.  618 

291 

.  619 

291 

.  618 

291 

.  620 

291 

.  618 

291 

.  620 

291 

.  6l8 

291 

.  620 

291 

.  619 

291 

.  62  1 

291 

.  619 

291 

.  622 

292 

.  619 

291 

.  618 

291 

.  632 

296 

.  629 

295 

.  628 

294 

.  624 

292 

.  578 

273 

.  579 

273 

.  580 

274 

.  58i 

274 

.  582 

275 

.  584 

275 

.  585 

276 

.  586 

276 

.  587 

276 

INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES.  359 


SECTION  PAGE. 

Gragg’s  Sub-division .  588  277 

Illinois  Central  Railroad,  Original .  590  277 

Illinois  Central  Railroad  Addition . 591  278 

Jones,  Gregory  and  Stickney’s  Addition .  592  278 

Jones,  McClelland,  Ehninger  and  Spears’ 

Addition  .  593  279 

Kerr’s  Elmwood  Addition .  594  279 

McClelland’s  Additions  Nos.  1  and  2 .  596  280 

Meyers  and  McCance’s  Addition  .  597  280 

Noleman’s  Sub-division..: .  598  281 

Parkside  Sub-division . 600  282 

Parkside  Sub-division  No.  2 .  601  283 

Pearcy’s  Addition . 603  283 

Probasco’s  Sub-division  block  134 .  604  284 

Pullen  &  Hamm’s  Boulevard  Addition .  606  284 

Robnett’s  Addition . 608  285 

Skipworth’s  Sub-division . 609  286 

Tower  Grove  Addition . .  61 1  287 

Watson’s  Place . . .  612  287 

Willard’s  Sub-division .  613  288 

Water  Works — Rules  and  Rates. 

Water  works  department . , .  500  233 

Water  Committee  to  meet . 501  233 

Duties  of  Committee . .  502  233 

Superintendent  to  be  Collector . 503  234 

Superintendent  to  pay  Treasurer .  504  234 

Prepare  map . 505  234 

Superintendent  to  tap  mains .  506  234 

Fixing  rates  for  tapping .  507  235 

Application  for  tapping . 508  235 

Applications  taken  up  in  order  fded .  509  235 

Shall  shut  off  water . .  510  236 

Committee  recommend  employment  of  help .  51 1  236 

Rules  governing  use  of  water .  512  236 

Not  to  supply  other  parties .  512  236 

Owner  responsible  for  rates . . 512  236 

Supply  pipes,  etc,  to  be  kept  in  repair  by  owner  512  237 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES. 


360 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Access  to  premises  for  inspection .  512  237 

Alteration  or  addition  to  pipes .  512  237 

Location  of  hydrants .  512  237 

Regulation  of  hydrants .  512  237 

Interference  with  public  hydrants .  512  237 

Obstruction  of  public  hydrants  prohibited .  512  238 

Hours  for  sprinkling . . .  512  238 

Regulating  sprinkling .  512  238 

Use  of  water  during  fires .. .  512  238 

Upright  hydrants .  512  238 

Rate* . 513  239 

Meter  rates .  514  240 

Time  of  payment  of  rates . : . .  515  241 

City  may  shut  off  supply .  516  241 

City  does  not  guarantee  water .  517  241 

Special  tax .  518  241 

Water  Works  Contract. 

Illinois  Central  Contract .  633  299 


) 


Rules  for  Government  of 
City  Council. 

# 


Rules  for  Government  of  City  Council. 


Rule  i.]  Meetings. — The  regular  meetings  of  the  City 
Council  shall  be  held  on  the  first  and  third  Tuesdays  of  each 
month,  as  follows:  From  the  first  of  May  to  the  first  of  October, 
meetings  shall  convene  at  7:30  p.  m.  ,  and  fVom  the  first  of  Octo¬ 
ber  to  the  first  of  May,  meetings  shall  convene  at  7  p.  m.,  unless 
otherwise  ordered. 

Rule  2.]  Presiding  Officer. — The  Mayor  shall  preside 
at  all  meetings  of  the  Council  and  shall  enforce  good  order  and 
decorum  during  the  sessions  of  the  Council,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  all  present  to  respect  his  orders.  In  the  absence  of  the 
Mayor  the  Council  may  elect  one  of  their  members  to  preside. 
In  the  absence  of  the  City  Clerk  the  Council  shall  appoint  one 
of  their  members  clerk  pro-tem. 

Rule  3.]  Standing  Committees. — Upon  the  passage  of 
this  ordinance  the  Mayor  shall  appoint  the  Standing  Committees 
of  the  Council,  which  committees  shall  hold  their  places  until 
the  first  Tuesday  in  May  next,  at  which  time,  and  annually 
thereafter,  the  Mayor  shall  appoint  new  Standing  Committees  for 
the  Council,  who  shall  hold  their  positions  during  the  municipal 
year  in  which  they  are  appointed,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by 
the  Council;  the  person  first  named  on  any  committee  shall  be 
chairman  thereof;  said  committees  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks. 

2.  Water. 


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RULES  FOR  GOVERNMENT  OF  CITY  COUNCIL. 


3.  Fire  Department. 

4.  Finance  and  Printing. 

5.  Police. 

6.  Public  Health. 

7.  Light. 

8.  Judiciary. 

9.  Buildings,  Public  Grounds  and  License.  • 

10.  Railroads  and  Mines. 


That  the  committees  on  “Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks,’' 
“Lights,”  “Railroads  and  Mines”  shall  consist  of  five  members, 
and  the  other  committees  shall  consist  of  three  members,  no  two 
of  whom  shall  be  selected  from  the  same  ward. 


Rule  4.]  Order  of  Business. — The  order  of  business  at 
meetings  of  the  Council,  unless  waived  by  unanimous  consent, 
shall  be  as  follows: 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 


6. 

7- 


Calling  the  Roll. 

Reading  the  Journal. 

Reading  of  Bills. 

Reception  of  Petitions 
Report  of  Standing  Committees. 

1.  Judiciary. 

2.  Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks. 

3.  Water. 

4.  Light. 

5.  Fire  Department. 

6.  Police. 

7.  Public  Health. 

8.  Buildings,  Public  Grounds  and  License. 

9.  Railroads  and  Mines. 

10.  Finance  and  Printing. 

Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

Reports  of  Officers. 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 


Mayor. 

Treasurer. 

Street  Commissioner. 
Marshal. 

Police  Magistrate. 


RULES  FOR  GOVERNMENT  OF  CITY  COUNCIL. 


365 


6.  Attorney. 

7.  Sexton. 

8.  Clerk. 

9.  Collector. 

to.  Superintendent  of  Water  Works. 

8.  Unfinished  Business. 

9.  Miscellaneous  and  New  Business. 

Rule  6.]  Special  Meetings. — Calls  for  special  meetings 
of  the  City  Council  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  or  three  Aider- 
men,  and  shall  be  served  by  the  Marshal,  which  call  shall  set  forth 
the  time,  place  and  object  of  the  meeting,  and  shall  be  served 
at  least  six  hours  before  the  time  set  for  meeting;  and  no  busi¬ 
ness  shall  be  transacted  at  any  such  special  meeting  except  such 
as  is  mentioned  in  the  call  therefor. 

Rule  7.]  Marshal’s  Duties. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Marshal  to  attend  each  regular  or  special,  meeting  of  the  City 
Council;  he  shall  see  that  the  hall  is  in  proper  order,  and  shall  have 
the  custody  thereof,  and  shall  be  responsible  to  the  city  for  the 
property  contained  therein;  he  shall  serve  the  notice  of  every 
special  meeting  on  each  Alderman  to  be  found  within  the  city. 

Rule  8.]  Parliamentary  Rules. — The  City  Council  shall 
be  governed  by  the  usual  parliamentary  rules  governing  deliberate 
bodies  so -far  as  applicable. 

Rule  9.]  Manner  of  Voting. — All  votes  taken  in  the 
Council  shall  be  viva  voce ,  except  votes  in  confirmation  of 
appointments  to  office,  which  shall  be  by  ballot. 

Rule  10.]  Manner  of  Passing  Memorials,  Petitions, 
etc. — No  memorial,  petition,  resolution,  ordinance  or  other 
matter  shall  be  passed  upon,  until  it  has  been  read  by  the  Clerk 
in  open  session  of  the  Board,  nor  shall  any  memorial,  petition, 
resolution,  ordinance  or  other  matter,  be  finally  passed,  until  the 
next  regular  session  after  its  introduction,  if  two  Aldermen  shall 
object  thereto;  and  all  petitions,  memorials,  resolutions  or  reports 
shall  be  presented  in  writing  before  any  action  is  had  thereon. 

Rule  11.  J  Suspension  of  Rules. — Any  of  the  above  rules 
may  be  suspended  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  members  present 
at  any  meeting. 


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